S.I. No. 211/1972:

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT, 1926 (SECTION 3) (EXEMPTION OF SOUND BROADCASTING RECEIVERS) ORDER, 1972.

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT, 1926 (SECTION 3) (EXEMPTION OF SOUND BROADCASTING RECEIVERS) ORDER, 1972.

I, GERARD COLLINS, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 (6) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (No. 45 of 1926) (inserted by section 11 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1972 (No. 5 of 1972)) hereby order as follows:--

(1) (a) This Order may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of Sound Broadcasting Receivers) Order, 1972.

(b) This Order shall come into force on the 1st day of September, 1972.

(2) The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

(3) The following class of apparatus for wireless telegraphy, namely, apparatus designed solely for receiving sound (but not visual images) broadcast by a broadcasting station, is hereby declared to be a class of apparatus for wireless telegraphy to which section 3 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (No. 45 of 1926), is not to apply.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 29th day of August, 1972.

GERARD COLLINS.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides for the abolition of the requirement to license sound broadcasting receivers from 1st September, 1972.