1989 Ed.]
Telecommunication Regulations
[CAP. 106
A 25
[Subsidiary]
CONDITIONS
1. The Licensee shall not allow the Station to be used for any purpose other than that specified in this Licence.
2. The Licensee shall enter in a book (hereinafter referred to as the Log Book) the date and time of receipt of each and every message received, the call sign of the sending station and a summary of the message. The Log Book shall be available for inspection at all reasonable times by a duly authorized officer of the Telecommunications Authority.
3. If any message, for the receipt of which the use of the apparatus is not authorized, is unintentionally received, no person shall make known its contents, origin, destination or existence, or the fact of its receipt to any person other than a duly authorized officer of the Telecommunications Authority or a competent legal tribunal, and shall not reproduce in writing, copy or make any use of such message or allow it to be reproduced in writing, copied or made use of.
4. The Station shall not be used in such a manner as to cause avoidable interference with the working of other telecommunications.
5. An aerial which crosses above, or is liable to fall upon, or to be blown onto any overhead power wire, including electric lighting and tramway wires, must be guarded to the reasonable satisfaction of the owner of the power wire concerned. No aerial shall be erected in such a way as to contravene any provision of the Hong Kong Airport (Control of Obstructions) Ordinance (Cap. 301) or, in such a way that, in falling or being lowered, it shall occupy or traverse a public thoroughfare.
6. If an earth connection is used it shall, where possible, consist of a buried metallic plate or tube in the ground external to the building. Where this arrangement is not possible, an efficient connection to a cold water mains' metal pipe may be used. A gas or hot water pipe shall on no account be used. The cross-sectional area of the earth conductor wire shall be not less than 4 mm2 (7/0.85). The earth system shall be such that the voltage to ground from the earth terminal of the radio receiver shall not exceed 40 volts R.M.S. under fault conditions.
7. The Station and this Licence shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times by a duly authorized officer of the Telecommunications Authority.
8. This Licence is not transferable.
9. The Licensee shall give notice promptly in writing to the Telecommunications Authority of any change of his address, or the address where the apparatus is maintained or any proposed change in the details mentioned in the Schedule and, when giving such notice, shall return this Licence to the said Authority for amendment.
10. This Licence shall continue in force for one year from the date of issue and thereafter for successive periods of one year, so long as the Licensee pays to the Telecommunications Authority in advance before the beginning of each successive period the renewal fee prescribed by or under the regulations for the time being in force.
11. In the event of any contravention by the Licensee of any condition herein or of the Telecommunication Ordinance (Cap. 106) the Telecommunications Authority may at any time after the date of issue cancel this Licence by a notice in writing served on the Licensee. Any notice given under this paragraph may take effect forthwith or on any such subsequent date as may be specified in the notice.
Note: (1) This Licence does not authorize any infringement of copyright in the matter received.
(2) A licence is required for apparatus which is rented or hired (See section 8(2) of the Telecommunication Ordinance (Cap. 106)).
For and on behalf of the Telecommunications Authority.
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