Wireless Telegraphy Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1954. No. 50.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT 1905-1950.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905-1950.

Dated this  twenty-eighth

day of  April , 1954.

W. J. Slim

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Postmaster-General.

Amendments of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations. 

Certificates.

1. Regulation 40 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, the Minister or an authorized officer may issue any of the following certificates, in such form as the Minister determines, to a person who satisfies him, by examination or otherwise, that he possesses the requisite knowledge and qualifications:—

(a) First Class Commercial Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency;

(b) Second Class Commercial Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency;

(c) Third Class Commercial Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency;

(d) First Class Aircraft Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency;

(e) Second Class Aircraft Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency;

(f) Third Class Aircraft Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency;

(g) Broadcast Station Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency;

(h) Amateur Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency; and

(i) Amateur Operator’s Limited Certificate of Proficiency.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1954

  Statutory Rules 1942, No. 348, as amended by Statutory Rules 1945, No. 185; 1947, No. 129; and 1951, No. 19.

727.—Price 3d. 9/22.2.1954.

“(1a.) A certificate referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation, other than a certificate referred to in paragraph (h) or (i) of that sub-regulation, shall not be issued to a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years, and a certificate referred to in paragraph (h) or (i) of that sub-regulation shall not be issued to a person who has not attained the age of sixteen years.”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “A Certificate of Proficiency of any of the classes specified in the last preceding sub-regulation” and inserting in their stead the words “A certificate referred to in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation”.

2. Regulation 42 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Fees for examinations and issue of certificates.

“42.—(1.) There shall be charged for the examination of a candidate for a certificate referred to in the following table the fee specified in that table opposite to that certificate:—

£	s.	d.
First Class Commercial Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency.............................................................................................................................	2	0	0
Second Class Commercial Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency.............................................................................................................................	1	10	0
Third Class Commercial Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency.............................................................................................................................	1	0	0
First Class Aircraft Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency.............................................................................................................................	2	0	0
Second Class Aircraft Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency.............................................................................................................................	1	10	0
Third Class Aircraft Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency.............................................................................................................................	1	0	0
Broadcast Station Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency.............................................................................................................................	1	10	0
Amateur Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency .............................................................................................................................	1	0	0
Amateur Operator’s Limited Certificate of Proficiency.............................................................................................................................	1	0	0

“(2.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, a fee shall not be charged for the issue of a certificate referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation.

“(3.) For the issue of a certificate without examination, or the issue of a duplicate certificate, a fee of Ten shillings shall be charged.”.

3. After regulation 50 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Examination for Amateur Operator’s Limited Certificate.

“50a. The examination for an Amateur Operator’s Limited Certificate of Proficiency shall be such as to show that a successful candidate possesses the knowledge and qualifications specified in this regulation, namely:—

(a) A knowledge of wireless telephony and electrical principles; and

(b) A knowledge of such of the Radio-communication Regulations for the time being in force under the Telecommunication Convention, and of such of these Regulations, as relate to the operation of amateur stations using wireless telephony.”.

4. Regulation 53 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Amateur station licence.

“53.—(1.) Subject to regulation 8 of these Regulations, a licence for an amateur station may be granted—

(a) to a person who has attained the age of sixteen years and is the holder of an Amateur Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency, an Amateur Operator’s Limited Certificate of Proficiency or such other certificate of proficiency in wireless telegraphy or wireless telephony as is determined by an authorized officer; or

(b) to a school, college, club, institute or similar organization.

“(2.) A licence for an amateur station issued by virtue of paragraph (b) of the last preceding sub-regulation shall be issued subject to the condition that the licensee shall have in attendance at the station, during transmissions from the station, a person who is the holder of an Amateur Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency, an Amateur Operator’s Limited Certificate of Proficiency or such other certificate of proficiency in wireless telegraphy or wireless telephony as is determined by an authorized officer.”.

Repeal of Schedule.

5. The Schedule to the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is repealed.

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.