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AMENDMENTS TO THE TELECOMMUNICATION ORDINANCE

DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS

Appendix

I

Subject (or General Headings)

Section 2

Interpretation

Section of the

Ordinance

Section 8

Licensing of radio

stations on space

objects

Provision required (or particular matters to be provided}

To add the definition of "space

A object" to this Section. "space object" is an object which is beyond, is intended to go beyond, or has been beyond, the major portion of the Earth's atmosphere and it includes the component parts of a space object, its launch vehicle and the

component parts of that.

Amend Section 8(1) of the

Ordinance to extend the scope

of telecommunication licensing requirements to include radio stations on space objects registered in Hong Kong.

Remarks

(explanations, queries}

This definition is in line with

definitions proposed for

inclusion in the interpretation section of the Outer Space Bill (Section 2 of Appendix II refers).

Para. 4 of the General

statement refers.