EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULE 1983 NO. 304 ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS
Under existing regulation 3(1) the Telecommunication Convention is defined as meaning the Convention signed at Montreux on 12 November 1965. The proposed Wireless Telegraphy Regulations (Amendment) amends the existing Regulations to delete the reference to the Convention of 12 November 1965 and to insert the reference to the International Telecommunications Convention done at Nairobi on 6 November 1982.
Regulation 1 provides for the Regulations to come into operation on 1 January 1984. This is the date on which the Nairobi Convention will come into effect.
Regulation 2 amends the definition of the Telecommunication Convention to mean the Convention done at Nairobi on 6 November 1982.