STATUTORY RULES

1967 No. 110

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT 1905-1966.*

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 1905-1966.

Dated this fourteenth day of August, 1967.

CASEY

Governor-General,

By His Excellency’s Command,

Postmaster-General.

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Amendments of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations. †

Parts.

1. Regulation 2 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended omitting the words—

 “Part IV.—Amateur Stations.”

and inserting in their stead the words—

 “Part IV.—Additional Provisions relating to Amateur Stations.”.

Definitions.

2.—(1.) Regulation 3 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by inserting, after the definition of “aircraft station”, the following definition—

“‘amateur station’ means a station used solely for the purpose of investigation or research into, or instructions in, wireless telegraphy;”.

(2.) Regulation 3 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is further amended by omitting the definition of “Amateur station” appearing immediately after the definition of “direction-finding station”.

(3.) Regulation 3 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by omitting the definitions of “the Safety Convention” and “the Telecommunication Convention” and inserting in their stead the following definitions:—

“‘the Safety Convention’ means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1948, signed in London on the tenth day of June, 1948, as affected by any amendment, other than an amendment not accepted by Australia, made under Article IX. of that Convention;

‘the Telecommunication Convention’ means the International Telecommunication Convention signed at Montreux on the twelfth day of November, 1965.”.

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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on                                            1967.

† Statutory Rules 1912, No. 348 as amended by Statutory Rules 1945, No. 185; 1947, No. 129;

1951, No. 19; 1954, No. 50; 1955, No. 1; 1958, No. 54; and 1959, No. 55.

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Licence fees.

3. Regulation 7 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “One pound” and inserting in their stead the words “Two dollars”.

Application of the Telecommunication Convention and Regulations.

4. Regulation 15 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by omitting the words “for the time being”.

Transmission and reception of public correspondence.

5. Regulation 28 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “for the time being”.

Used message forms.

6. Regulation 33 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by omitting the words “from time to time” and the words “for the time being”.

Certificates.

7. Regulation 40 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1a.) the words “sixteen years” and inserting in their stead the words “fourteen years”.

Fees for examination and issue of certificates.

8.—(1.) Regulation 42 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by omitting the table in sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following table:—

(2.) Regulation 42 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is further amended by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words “Ten shillings” and inserting in their stead the words “One dollar”.

Heading of Part IV.

9. The heading to Part IV. of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is repealed and the following heading inserted in its stead:—

“Part IV.—Additional Provisions Relating to Amateur Stations”.

Amateur station licence.

10. Regulation 53 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1.) the words “sixteen years” and inserting in their stead the words “fifteen years”.

Power to be used in amateur transmitter.

11. Regulation 57 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:

“(1.) Except in the case of an amateur station that is utilizing a type of transmission specified in the next succeeding sub-regulation, the power (measured at the anode of the valve or valves delivering power to the aerial circuit) to be used in the transmitter of an amateur station shall not, except in such special circumstances as are approved by an authorized officer, exceed one hundred and fifty watts.

“(2.) Where an amateur station is utilizing the A3a type of transmission or the A3j type of transmission, the peak envelope power of the radio frequency output, measured at the input to the antenna transmission line, shall not exceed four hundred watts.

“(2a.) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation—

(a) ‘A3a type of transmission’ means single-sideband transmission in which the carrier wave is transmitted at a power level between six decibels and thirty-two decibels below the peak envelope power; and

(b) ‘A3j type of transmission’ means single-sideband transmission in which the carrier wave is transmitted at a power level more than thirty-two decibels below the peak envelope power.”.

Types of emissions.

12. Regulation 58 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “associated with such frequencies” and inserting in their stead the words “within such frequency bands”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “the frequencies on” and inserting in their stead the words “the frequency bands within”.

13. Regulation 59 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Frequency control.

“59.—(1.) The licensee of an amateur station shall ensure that any transmission from the station is within a frequency band included in the frequency bands indicated on his licence for that station.

“(2.) The licensee of an amateur station shall, for the purpose of enabling him to comply with the last preceding sub-regulation, maintain in good working order apparatus of a type approved by an authorized officer for the purposes of this sub-regulation.

“(3.) The licensee shall not be taken to comply with the last preceding sub-regulation unless the apparatus referred to in that sub-regulation is kept in such a place that it is readily available for use by a person operating the station whenever the station is being operated.”.

Frequency of carrier wave.

14. Regulation 61 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by omitting the words “One hundred and sixty-six megacycles” and inserting in their stead the words “Fifty-two megacycles”.

Offences against Regulations.

15. Regulation 71 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by omitting the words “Twenty pounds” and inserting in their stead the words “Forty dollars”.

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By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra