STATUTORY RULES.

1927. No. 153.

REGULATION UNDER THE WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT 1905-1919.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905-1919, to come into operation as on and from the first day of January, 1928.

Dated this twenty-second day of December, 1927.

STONEHAVEN,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. G. GIBSON,

Postmaster-General.

Wireless Telegraphy Licences Regulation.

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations (Statutory Rules 1924, No. 101, as amended to the date of the commencement of this regulation)—

(a) The licence which shall, upon the commencement of this regulation, be required under those Regulations for the reception of Broadcast programmes (1) for entertainment, or (2) for demonstration or test of receiving equipment, or (3), for any other purpose, shall be a Broadcast Listener’s Licence for which the fee shall be in respect of Zone 1, 24s, and in respect of Zones 2 and 3, 17s. 6d., which shall be paid in full in advance.

(b) The amount which shall be deducted from Broadcast Listener’s Licence fees for the purposes of regulation 67 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations shall be 4s. per licence.

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