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Amendment

of forms.

authority is, on receipt of a requirement in writing from the Pos- master General so to do, shall surrender, or cause to be surrendered, the authority to the Postmaster General, and any person who tails to comply with the provisions of this paragraph shall be guilty of an offence and on summary conviction shall be liable to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.".

The forms annexed to the principal regulations are amended- (a) by the deletion in Form I of paragraph 17 in the Conditions

of Licence and the substitution therefor of the following-

"17. In this licence, "Telecommunication Conven- tion" means such Telecommunication Convention as bas, from time to time, been acceded to by or applied to the Colony and all regulations annexed to the Final Act thereof.":

(b) by the deletion in Form 2 of paragraph 1 of the Conditions

and the substitution therefor of the following-

“1. Radiotelegraph Conventions.-The licensee shall observe the provisions of the Telecommunication Ordic- anco. Chapter 106, and of all regulations made or deened to have been made thereunder, including the regulations annexed to the Final Act of any Telecommunication Convention, from time to time or at any time acceded to by, or applied to, the Colony.";

(c) by the deletion in Form 4B of paragraph B of the Schedule thereto and the substitution therefor of the following-

**B. "Telecommunication Convention" means any Tele communication Convention from time to time or al any time acceded to by, or applied to, the Colony and any regulations annexed to the Final Act thereof."; (d) by the deletion in Forms 8, 9. 11 and 12 wherever they occur, of the words and figures "the Telecommunication Convention of Atlantic City, 1947" and the substitution therefor of the following-

and by the addition at the end of each Form of the following- ***Insert the particulars of the Telecommunication Com- vention from time to time acceded to by, or applied to, the Colony.”.

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Explanatory Note.

[This Note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general purport).

The purpose of these regulations is to amend the Radiocommunication Regolations-

(e) to enable the Postmaster General to examine persons as to their com

petcocy to operate wireless telegraphy stations and apparatus, to issue certificates of competency and to issue authorities in writing authorizing persons to fill positions in connexion with such stations and apparatus| Suod

(6) to replace, in various forms annexed to the regulations, references to the Telecommunication Convention of Atlantic City, 1947 by references to any Telecommunication Convention at any time acceded to by, or applied to, the Colony, to obviate the necessity for amendments to the forms on the occasion of each new Telecommunication Convention.

(Secretariat GR32/2961/46)

Council CHAMBER,

18th July, 196).

Clerk of Counci