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A 58 CAP. 106]

[Subsidiary]

Telecommunication Regulations

[1989 Ed.

TELECOMMUNICATION ORDINANCE

(Chapter 106)

BROADCAST RELAY STATION LICENCE

DATE OF ISSUE:

of

(hereinafter called "the licensee") is hereby licensed, subject to the conditions herein contained-

(a) to establish and maintain a radio communication receiving station or stations (hereinafter referred to as "the stations") at the place or places specified in the Schedule;

(b) to receive at any of the stations-

(i) sound programmes and broadcast messages (except messages in facsimile)

broadcast by the authorized broadcasting stations specified in the Schedule; and (ii) all television programmes broadcast by the Hong Kong television broadcasting

stations specified in the Schedule; and

(c) to connect by wires any of the stations with the premises of a subscriber in the area or areas specified in the Schedule and to distribute thereby to those premises the programmes and messages received in accordance with paragraph (b).

CONDITIONS

1. The stations shall be so maintained and operated that they do not cause undue interference

with any other radiocommunication station.

2. (1) If any message which the licensee is not authorized to receive is unintentionally received by means of any of the stations, neither the licensee nor any person operating the station shall disclose the contents of any such message, its origin or destination, its existence or the fact of its receipt to any person except a public officer authorized by the Authority or a competent court or tribunal, and shall not retain any copy, or make any use, of any such message, or allow it to be reproduced, copied or made use of.

(2) The licensee shall take all practicable steps to prevent such a message from being received by any subscriber.

3. The licensee shall not originate any material or message which is distributed to subscribers to

the system.

4. The licensee shall furnish to the Authority such information in relation to the operation of the

stations as the Authority may require.

5. The licensee shall, if required by the Authority in writing so to do, keep a record of the programmes and messages received at the stations and distributed to subscribers, showing the names of the broadcasting stations from which they were received and the approximate times of reception.

6. Nothing herein contained authorizes the licensee to do any act which is an infringement of any

copyright which may exist in any programme or other matter received by the stations.

7. The licensee shall provide to every subscriber a full and contemporaneous relay of all the sound and television programmes broadcast by the broadcasting stations specified in the Schedule.

8. All apparatus used by the licensee shall comply with such requirements as may be specified by the Authority and shall be so designed, constructed, maintained and operated that the same does not cause any interference with any other means of telecommunication or interference between subscribers.

9. The system shall be operated only by persons authorized by the licensee in that behalf.

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