S.I. No. 400/1981 - Wireless Telegraphy (Control of Sale, Letting on Hire Or Manufacture, and Importation of Radio Transceivers) Order, 1981.

1. This Order may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Control of Sale, Letting on Hire or Manufacture, and Importation of Radio Transceivers) Order, 1981, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1982.

2. Apparatus for wireless telegraphy of the following class or description, namely, wireless telegraphy apparatus consisting of a radio transceiver capable of transmitting and receiving voice communications on any frequency between 26.96 and 27.41 MHz, and designed to use, or capable of using, amplitude modulation, is hereby specified for the purposes of

section 7

of the

Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1972

.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 20th day of November, 1981.

PATRICK COONEY

The Minister for Industry and Energy hereby consents to the foregoing Order.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and Energy, this 20th day of November, 1981.

M. O'LEARY

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This order provides for the control of the sale, letting or hire, manufacture and importation of certain apparatus for wireless telegraphy.

WHEREAS it appears to the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs to be expedient that the provisions of

section 7

of the

Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1972

(No. 5 of 1972), should, for the purpose of preventing or reducing the risk of interference with wireless telegraphy, apply to the class or description of apparatus for wireless telegraphy specified in the following Order,

NOW I, PATRICK M. COONEY, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 7

of the

Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1972

(No. 5 of 1972), and with the consent of the Minister for Industry and Energy hereby order as follows