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and accordingly it is not at

those earlier Conventions.

this staye necessary to consider

2.

United Kingdom by

instrument an

The Nairobi Convention 1982 has been ratified by the

16 October 1984,

dated

in

accordance with Article

45.

App. II

Ratification is

at

Appendix

II.

ratification, the

A copy of the Instrument

BY virtue of this

Convention applies to Hong Kong. The Hong

of

Kong Government

in

exercises practice

autonomy

in

the

services in Hong Kong.

administration of telecommunication

Accordingly the legislation in the United Kingdom governing

telecommunications has not been applied to Hong Kong. The long

Kong Government acts in accordance with the relevant Hong Kong

ordinances. The earliest legislation in Hong Kong concerning

telecommunications was the Telegraphic Messages Ordinance 1894.

The earliest ordinance which provided for the regulation and

control of telecommunications services by licensing was the

Wireless Telegraphy Ordinance 1913 which provided that the

Governor could license the establishment of any wireless

telegraph station in Hong Kong or on British ships registered

in Hong Kong. The next version of

version of the Ordinance, the Wireless

Telegraphy Ordinance 1926, had similar provisions.

Telecommunication

Ordinance

1936

provided

The

that

the

Governor-in-Council could license telegraphy stations whereas

the Governor, or the officer to whom the Governor delegated the

authority, Who

General, Postmaster

normally was

the

license

stations raulo

and apparatus.

The

could

Telecommunication