Jan. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 141

Radio Telegraph Regulations for Amateur, Experimental, and Broadcasting Stations.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, the 17th day of January, 1923.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on him by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, and its amendments, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations in connection with the licensing of the installation and working of apparatus for radio telegraphy; and doth direct that this Order in Council shall have effect from the date of its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

INTERPRETATION.

1. IN these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context,—

“ The Admiralty ” means the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiralty of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland :

“ Amateur station ” means a radio station licensed for the reception, or for the reception and transmission, of radio communications other than public correspondence, and erected solely for personal interest or for experimental purposes :

“ Antenna ” means the electrical conductor or system of conductors used for receiving or emitting electro-magnetic waves :

“ Apparatus ” means and includes all equipment of every kind used in radio telegraphy :

“ Broadcasting station ” means a radio station licensed to broadcast for general information certain classes of radio communications specified in the license :

“ Coast station ” means a radio station which is established on land or on board a ship permanently moored, and which is open for the service of public correspondence :

“ Continuous waves ” means waves which, after reaching the steady state, are periodic—i.e., the successive oscillations are identical :

“ Damped waves ” means waves consisting of successive wave-trains in which the amplitude of the oscillations, after reaching a maximum, declines gradually :

“ District Radio Inspector ” means the District Telegraph Engineer of the district in which the radio station is situated :

“ Deputy Radio Inspector ” or “ Assistant Radio Inspector ” means such officer or officers of the Post and Telegraph Department as may, with the general approval of the Minister, be deputed from time to time by the District Radio Inspector to act on his behalf :

“ Experimental station ” means a radio station licensed for the reception, or for the reception and transmission, of radio communications intended to promote investigations of a scientific character :

“ Government station ” means any radio station at which radio communications are transmitted or received by means of radio telegraphy, and which is operated by any Government Department or by the Admiralty :

“ Licensee ” means any person, association, or corporation to whom a license for a radio station is granted in pursuance of these regulations :

“ Minister ” means the Minister of Telegraphs for the time being :

“ Naval signalling ” means signalling by means of radio telegraphy between two or more ships of His Majesty’s Navy, between ships of His Majesty’s Navy and Naval stations, or between a ship of His Majesty’s Navy or a Naval station and any other radio station :

“ Operator ” means any person to whom an amateur operator’s certificate is issued in pursuance of these regulations :

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