Wireless Telegraphy (Business Radio Licence) Regulations, 1949.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: This Order and the Regulations hereby made may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Business Radio Licence) Regulations, 1949.
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paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937) applies to these Regulations.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations the expression " the Minister " means the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs.
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paragraphs: Any person who proposes to keep and have possession of apparatus for wireless telegraphy solely for the purpose of transmitting and receiving messages on his business may apply to the Minister for a licence (in these Regulations referred to as a business radio licence) in that behalf.
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paragraphs: The Minister may, if he so thinks proper, issue a business radio licence to any person but may, at his absolute discretion, refuse to issue such a licence.
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paragraphs: Every business radio licence shall be in the form set out in the First Schedule to these Regulations, with such (if any) variations (whether by addition, omission or alteration) as the Minister may in any particular case think proper.
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paragraphs: Every business radio licence shall, unless previously revoked and subject to any suspension thereof, continue in force from the date of the issue thereof until the expiration of the eleventh month after the month in which it was issued, and shall then expire unless renewed under these Regulations.
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paragraphs: (1) A business radio licence may be renewed by the payment, before or within one month after the date on which it would expire if not renewed, of the fee prescribed by these Regulations.
(2) A business radio licence which is renewed under these Regulations shall, unless previously revoked and subject to any suspension thereof, continue in force :—
(a) in the case of the first such renewal for one year from the date on which it would have expired if not so renewed, and
(b) in the case of every subsequent such renewal, for one year from the expiration of the last previous renewal thereof.
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paragraphs: (1) A fee shall be payable on the issue and renewal of a business radio licence and shall be calculated on the basis of a payment of five pounds in respect of each station for transmitting and receiving or for transmitting only or for receiving only plus a fixed sum of five pounds.
(2) All fees payable under these Regulations shall be paid to the Accountant, Department of Posts and Telegraphs, General Post Office, Dublin, and shall be so paid in money which is legal tender, or by consolidated bank notes, money order, or postal orders or, with the permission of the said Accountant, by cheque.
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paragraphs: The Minister may at any time amend or vary a business radio licence, whether in respect of the situation of one or more of the stations to which such licence relates, the power to be used therein, the frequency or any other matter or thing.
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paragraphs: Every station licensed under these Regulations shall be operated in accordance with the conditions set out in the Second Schedule to these Regulations, and every business radio licence shall be deemed to be issued subject to the obligation to comply with such conditions.
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paragraphs: The Minister may at any time, at his absolute discretion, suspend for any period or revoke any business radio licence by notice in writing sent by post to the licensee at his last known address.
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paragraphs: The Minister may at any time, at his absolute discretion, suspend for any period or revoke by notice in that behalf published in the Iris OifigiÃºil all business radio licences for the time being in force.
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paragraphs: Every station licensed under these Regulations, and also the business radio licence and certificate (referred to at paragraph 9 of the said Second Schedule) for the time being in force in respect of such station, shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times by duly authorised officers of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs.