Wireless Telegraphy Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1940. No. 94.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT 1905-1936.*

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 1905-1936.

Dated this Twenty-ninth

day of May , 1940.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Postmaster-General.

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Amendment of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations. 

Definitions.

1. Regulation 3 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by omitting the definition of “Broadcasting station” and inserting in its stead the following definition:—

“‘Broadcasting station’ means a station for the transmission of matter intended for reception by the general public”.

2. Regulation 61 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Relaying or broadcasting programmes of other stations.

“61. The Licensee of a broadcasting station shall not relay or broadcast any part of the programme of another broadcasting station, whether situated in Australia or elsewhere, without the consent of the owner or licensee of the orginating station and the approval of the Postmaster-General”.

3. After regulation 63 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Identity of speakers to be disclosed.

“63a.—(1.) The Licensee of a broadcasting station shall announce or cause to be announced the true name and title of every speaker, other than those of a member of the staff of the station, who is, either in person or through the agency of a sound recording device, to deliver an address or make a statement relative to politics or current affairs for transmission from the broadcasting station.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1940.

  Statutory Rules 1924, No. 101, as amended by Statutory Rules 1925, No. 123; 1926, No. 114; 1927, Nos. 3, 24 and 63; 1928, Nos. 79 and 129; 1929, No. 81; 1930, No. 113; 1933, No. 136; 1934, No. 99; 1935, Nos. 104 and 120; 1936, No. 90; 1937, Nos. 102 and 112; 1938, No. 24; and 1939, No. 156.

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(2.) The announcement shall be made at such a time and in such a manner, before and after the address or statement, as will fully disclose the identity of the speaker to any person listening to the address or statement.

(3.) The Licensee of the broadcasting station shall keep a record of the name, title, postal address and credentials or occupation of each such speaker and shall produce any particulars of the record which the Postmaster-General by notice in writing requires.”.

4. Regulation 68 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Publication of text of item transmitted by broadcasting station.

“68. A person shall not publish, in any manner whatsoever, any portion of the text of an item transmitted by a broadcasting station, whether situated in Australia or elsewhere, without the consent of the owner or licensee of the station and the approval of the Postmaster-General”.

5. Regulation 78 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Ante-dating of Licences.

“78.—(1.) Where application is made for a Broadcast Listener’s Licence in respect of receiving equipment which has been used, without a Licence being held in respect thereof, at any time during the period of twelve months immediately preceding the day on which the application is made, any Licence granted may be dated as of the date on which the receiving equipment was first used during that period without a Licence and shall remain in force for a period of twelve months from that date.

(2.) In any proceedings for an offence against these Regulations—

(a) a Licence so granted shall not be deemed to have been current prior to the date on which it was applied for; and

(b) the production of the official copy thereof bearing the date and time of issue and the signature of the issuing officer shall be prima facie evidence of the date and time of issue of the Licence”.

6. Regulation 83 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Broadcast listeners not to divulge certain communications.

“83. The holder of a Broadcast Listener’s Licence or a person acting on his behalf or by his permission shall not divulge (except to an authorized officer or to a competent legal tribunal), or make any use whatsoever of the contents of a wireless communication not being a communication transmitted by a broadcasting station, whether situated in Australia or elsewhere”.

 

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