JUNE 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1881

Cook Islands Amateur Radio Regulations, 1925.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this 8th day of June, 1925.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, and its amendments, and of section six hundred and thirty-six of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, 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, installation, and working of apparatus for radio telegraphy in the Cook Islands; and, with the like advice and consent, doth declare that the regulations hereby made shall come into operation on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five.

REGULATIONS.

SHORT TITLE AND INTERPRETATION.

1. THESE regulations may be cited as the “Cook Islands Amateur Radio Regulations, 1925.”

2. In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context,—

“Admiralty” means the Commissioners for the time being for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom:

“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:

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

“Cook Islands Administration” includes the Cook Islands Public Service as defined in the Cook Islands Act, 1915, and the Department of the New Zealand Public Service charged with the administration of the government of the Cook Islands:

“Deputy Radio Inspector” or “Assistant Radio Inspector” means such officer or officers of the Cook Islands Administration as may, with the general approval of the Resident Commissioner, be deputed from time to time by the Radio Inspector to act on his behalf:

“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-receiving station is granted in pursuance of these regulations:

“Minister” means the Minister for the Cook Islands for the time being:

“Operator” means any person, whether a licensee or not, for the time being using any apparatus for the purpose of receiving or attempting to receive a radio communication:

“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 the Superintendent of the Government station at Radio-Rarotonga for the time being:

“Radio station” means any station at which radio communications are transmitted or received by means of radio-telegraphy:

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