Wireless Telegraphy Act 1973
No. 122 of 1973
AN ACT
To
amend the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905–1967.
[Assented
to 30 October 1973]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the
House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—
Short title and citation.
1. (1) This
Act may be cited as the Wireless
Telegraphy Act 1973.
(2) The Wireless
Telegraphy Act 1905–1967, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905–1973.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day
on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Interpretation.
3. Section 2 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905–1967 is amended by adding at the end
thereof the following sub-section:—
“(2) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare that, on a date
specified in the notice, this Act shall cease to extend to a Territory
specified in the notice and, where such a notice is published, a reference in
this Act to a Territory does not, on and after the date specified in the
notice, include a reference to the Territory so specified.”.
Formal amendments.
4.
The Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905–1967
is amended as set out in the Schedule.
SCHEDULE Section 4
FORMAL AMENDMENTS
Provision | Amendment |
Section 2 (definition of “Australia”).............
| (a) Omit “under the
authority of the Commonwealth”. (b) Omit “such”. |
Section 6(2).................. | Omit “of this section”. |
Section 8a.................... | (a) Omit “six a of this Act” (wherever occurring),
substitute “6”. (b) Omit “thirty-nine”,
substitute “39”. |
Section 9(3).................. | (a) Omit “under the
authority of the Commonwealth”. (b) Omit “such”. |