✨ Radio Licensing Regulations




JULY 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1687

(3) Where a license is sought by partners or other persons having the joint or common ownership or possession of any station, plant, or apparatus or carrying on in partnership the business of a radio-dealer, the application may be made on their behalf by any one of them, but shall set forth the full names, occupations, and addresses of all such persons, and one license shall be granted to all such persons jointly.

  1. Except in the case of a portable or mobile station, a radio-station license shall be deemed to authorize the erection, construction, establishment, and use of a station, plant, or apparatus capable of transmitting radio-communications and/or the possession of apparatus capable of receiving radio-communications at the particular address stated in the license, but nowhere else: Provided that the particular address so stated in the license may, on the application of the licensee, be altered at any time during the currency of the license by memorandum to that effect endorsed thereon and signed by the Minister or any officer or other person acting under his authority or by his direction.

  2. In the event of a radio-station licensed under these regulations being dismantled, or (except in the case of a portable or mobile station) removed from the particular address stated in the license, the licensee shall, within seven days thereafter, notify the District Radio Inspector or the Postmaster at the nearest postal money-order office, in writing, accordingly.

  3. Except where otherwise authorized by the Minister, and except in the cases provided for in Regulations 73, 154, 175, 185, and 210 hereof, when a license is issued less than three months before the 31st day of March next following, every license issued under these regulations, other than a temporary receiving-station license or a ship-station license, shall, unless previously suspended, revoked, or withdrawn, be in force from the date of the granting thereof until the 31st day of March following. Licenses issued prior to the coming into force of these regulations and in force at that date shall, unless previously suspended, revoked, or withdrawn under these regulations, remain in force until the date of expiration shown thereon.

  4. The Minister may, at his discretion, refuse to grant an application for any class of radio license. In particular, a license shall not be granted for any radio-station the operation of which, in the judgment of the Minister, is likely to interfere unduly with the operation of any other radio-station, or to be inimical to the public interest.

  5. The Minister may, in connection with any license, impose such terms, conditions, and restrictions, not inconsistent with the said Act, as he thinks fit.

  6. The apparatus at stations licensed under these regulations shall be worked only by a person or persons holding a certificate or certificates issued or recognized by the Minister. Such certificates shall be in such form and subject to such conditions, directions, or rules as the Minister shall from time to time prescribe.

  7. The following classes of certificate may be granted by the Minister upon compliance with the conditions prescribed in Regulations 96-99 and 130, 132, and 159 hereof.
    (a) Radio-telegraph operator's certificate (first class).
    (b) Radio-telegraph operator's certificate (second class).
    (c) Radio-telegraph operator's certificate (third class).
    (d) Radio-telephone operator's certificate.
    (e) Radio-watcher's certificate.
    (f) Radio-broadcasting operator's certificate.
    (g) Technical certificate in broadcasting.
    (h) Amateur operator's certificate.

  8. (1) In circumstances in which such action is deemed to Re-examination. be necessary or desirable in the public interest, the Minister may require any person to whom any class of certificate provided by these regulations has been issued to submit himself for re-examination.
    (2) In the case of any person who fails to submit himself for re-examination in accordance with this regulation when so required by the Minister, or who fails to qualify at such re-examination the certificate issued to such person shall be revoked or suspended for such period as the Minister, in his discretion, shall determine, and the provisions of the next succeeding regulation shall apply.



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πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
5 July 1932
Radio, Licensing, Regulations, Fees, Applications