664
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 16

“Operator” means any person to whom an amateur operator’s certificate is issued in pursuance of these regulations:
“Portable station” means a radio station which can conveniently be carried from place to place and the location of which is changed from time to time:
“Public correspondence” means any radio communication transmitted by or intended for a Government station or any licensed radio station other than a receiving, transmitting, experimental, or broadcasting station, except such radio communications as may be broadcasted for general information:
“Radio communication” means any communication, message, or signal propagated by means of radio telegraphy:
“Radio Inspector” means such officer or officers of the Post and Telegraph Department as shall from time to time be appointed to act in that capacity:
“Radio station” means any station at which radio communications are transmitted or received by means of radio telegraphy, and includes “amateur” and “experimental” stations:
“Radio Telegraph Convention, 1912,” means the Convention signed at London on the 5th day of July, 1912, and the Service Regulations made therein; and includes any modification of the Convention or regulations made from time to time:
“Radio telegraphy” means every system of electrical communication utilizing radio frequencies with or without the use of conductors to connect the signalling points, and includes therein all systems of radio telephony:
“Receiving station” means any apparatus or equipment designed and installed for the purpose of receiving radio communications:
“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department:
“Ship station” means a licensed radio station established on board a ship that is not permanently moored.

RADIO DISTRICTS AND RADIO INSPECTORS.

3. (1.) For the purposes of these regulations New Zealand shall be divided into four (4) radio districts, which shall be identical with the telegraph and telephone districts superintended by District Telegraph Engineers. These radio districts shall be classified as follows:—
   (1.) Auckland. (3.) Canterbury.
   (2.) Wellington. (4.) Otago.

Chatham Islands shall be included in the Wellington Radio District, and Stewart Island shall be included in the Otago Radio District.
(2.) District Radio Inspectors of the above-mentioned radio districts shall be respectively the District Telegraph Engineers, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin.

4. Any of the powers or authorities given to the Minister by these regulations may be delegated by him to such officer or officers of the Post and Telegraph Department as he thinks fit.

5. A Radio Inspector may exercise any of the powers conferred by these regulations on a District Radio Inspector; and a Deputy Radio Inspector or an Assistant Radio Inspector may exercise such of the powers of a District Radio Inspector as that officer may, with the general approval of the Minister, delegate to him.

LICENSES ISSUED PRIOR TO GAZETTING OF THESE REGULATIONS.

6. Licenses for receiving stations, amateur transmitting stations, and experimental stations issued in pursuance of the Radio-telegraph Regulations for Amateur, Experimental, and Broadcasting Stations which were published in the New Zealand Gazette on the 18th January, 1923, shall expire on the 31st March, 1925, and may be renewed upon application in accordance with these regulations.

LICENSES: CLASSES AND CONDITIONS.

7. As provided in the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, and its amendments, no person may erect, construct, or establish any station or plant capable of transmitting or receiving wireless telegraphic signals, otherwise than in accordance with a license issued to him by the Minister of Telegraphs.