Wireless Telegraphy Act 1973

No. 122 of 1973

AN ACT

To amend the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905–1967.

[Assented to 30 October 1973]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1973.

(2) The Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905–1967, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905–1973.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Interpretation.

3. Section 2 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905–1967 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:—

“(2) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare that, on a date specified in the notice, this Act shall cease to extend to a Territory specified in the notice and, where such a notice is published, a reference in this Act to a Territory does not, on and after the date specified in the notice, include a reference to the Territory so specified.”.

Formal amendments.

4. The Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905–1967 is amended as set out in the Schedule.

SCHEDULE Section 4

FORMAL AMENDMENTS