STATUTORY RULES.
1915. No. 75.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT 1905.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the undermentioned amended Regulations under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905, to come into operation forthwith.
Dated this twelfth day of May, One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
W. G. SPENCE,
Postmaster-General.
Amendment of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations 1913.
(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 351, as amended by Statutory Rules 1914. No. 170.)
1. Regulation 2 is repealed and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead:—
Definitions.
2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—
“Australian ship” means a ship registered in Australia;
“British ship” means a British ship other than an Australian ship;
“Foreign ship” means a ship other than an Australian ship or a British ship;
“Harbor” includes, any harbor properly so called, whether natural or artificial, or any estuary, navigable river, pier, jetty, or other work in or at which a ship can obtain shelter, or ship or unship goods or passengers;
“Land station” means a station, not being a ship station, for the transmission and receipt of messages by means of wireless telegraphy;
“Ship station” means a ship (not permanently moored) having installed thereon appliances for the transmission and receipt of messages by means of wireless telegraphy;
“Territorial waters” means the territorial waters of the Commonwealth and those of any territory of the Commonwealth, and includes harbors;
“The Act” means the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905.
2. Regulation 3 is repealed and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead:—
Kinds of Licences.
3. Licences under section 5 of the Act may be—
(a) General Licences; or
(b) Supplementary Licences.”
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3. Regulation 5 is repealed.
4. Regulation 7 is repealed and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead:—
Fees for Licences.
7. (1) The fees for licences shall be as follows:—
(a) For a General Licence for ship stations or for any renewal thereof—Five shillings for each ship included in the licence.
(b) For a Supplementary Licence for ship stations or for any renewal thereof—Five shillings for each ship included in the licence.
(2) The fees prescribed by this Regulation shall be payable in advance.
5 Regulation 20 is repealed, and the following Regulation is inserted in its stead:—
Control of Appliances in Emergencies.
20. (1) In case of emergency, any officer in command of any ship of war of His Majesty’s Navy (whether Imperial or Colonial), or any officer in command of any part of the Defence Force, may—
(a) take possession of any wireless telegraphy appliances installed on any ship in pursuance of a licence, and use such appliances for the King’s service; or
(b) place any person in control of any such appliances; or
(c) direct the licensee or person in charge of such appliances to submit to him all or any messages tendered for transmission or received by means of such appliances; or
(d) stop or delay or direct the licensee or person in charge of such appliances to stop or delay the transmission or delivery of any such messages or to deliver them to him; or
(e) direct the licensee or person in charge of such appliances to comply with all such directions as he thinks fit to give with reference to the transmission or receipt of messages by means of such appliances.
(2) Every licensee and every person in charge of any wireless telegraphy appliances installed in pursuance of a licence shall comply with this Regulation, and all directions issued in pursuance thereof.
(3) Reasonable compensation shall be payable to the licensee for any damage to the appliances arising in consequence of the exercise of the powers conferred by this Regulation.
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