The Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967 (Prescribed Forms etc.) Regulations 1979

Statutory Instruments

1979 No. 563

TELEGRAPHS

The Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967 (Prescribed Forms Etc.) Regulations 1979

Made

22nd May 1979

Laid before Parliament

1st June 1979

Coming into Operation

1st August 1979

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(2) and (5), 2(3), (4) and (7) and 13 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967, and now vested in him, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967 (Prescribed Forms etc.) Regulations 1979 and shall come into operation on 1st August 1979.

2.  In these Regulations “ the Act” means the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967.

3.  The prescribed form of the notice to be given by a television dealer to the Secretary of State under section 1(2) of the Act (registration of dealers) shall be Form No. 1 in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

4.  The prescribed form of the notification to be given by a television dealer to the Secretary of State under section 2(1) of the Act (notification and recording of transactions) shall be either Form No. 2 or Form No. 3 in Schedule 1 to these Regulations:

Provided that it shall be a sufficient compliance with this Regulation if a television dealer gives to the Secretary of State a notification, containing the particulars specified in Part I of the Schedule to the Act in relation to one or more sales or lettings, in the form of a magnetic tape.

5.  The prescribed form of the record to be made by a television dealer under section 2(1) of the Act (notification and recording of transactions) shall be Form No. 4 in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

6.  The prescribed address to which any notice or any notification is to be sent by a television dealer to the Secretary of State under section 1(5) or section 2(3) of the Act, respectively, shall be the National Television Licence Records Office, Bristol BS98 1TL.

7.—(1) Paragraphs 3 to 7 of Part I of the Schedule to the Act shall be deleted and the following paragraphs shall be added after paragraph 2 of the said Part I:—

“3.   The address of the premises where the set is to be installed.

4.   Whether the set is designed for reception in colour.

5.   The name, address and registration number of the dealer selling or letting the set.”

(2) Paragraphs 3 to 8 of Part II of the Schedule to the Act shall be deleted and the following paragraphs shall be added after paragraph 2 of the said Part II:—

“3.   The address of the premises where the set is to be installed.

4.   Whether the set is designed for reception in colour.

5.   The name, address and registration number of the dealer selling or letting the set.”

(3) Paragraph 4 of Part III of the Schedule to the Act shall be amended by substituting for the words “first installed or normally kept” the words “to be installed” and paragraphs 6 and 7 of the said Part III shall be deleted.

(4) The Schedule to the Act, as amended by paragraphs (1) to (3) above, is, for convenience of reference, set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

8.  The Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967 (Prescribed Forms and Addresses) Regulations 1967 are hereby revoked.

W.S.I. Whitelaw

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

22nd May 1979

Regulations 3, 4 and 5

SCHEDULE 1

Regulation 3

FORM NO. 1

Regulation 4

FORM NO. 2 NOTIFICATION FORM

Regulation 4

FORM NO. 3 NOTIFICATION FORM

Regulation 5

FORM NO. 4 DEALER'S RECORD

Regulation 7

SCHEDULE 2 THE SCHEDULE TO THE WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT 1967 NOTIFICATIONS AND RECORDS

PART I PARTICULARS TO BE NOTIFIED

1.  The date of the sale or letting.

2.  The name of the buyer or hirer.

3.  The address of the premises where the set is to be installed.

4.  Whether the set is designed for reception in colour.

5.  The name, address and registration number of the dealer selling or letting the set.

PART II PARTICULARS TO BE RECORDED BY NOTIFYING DEALER

Within 28 days from the date of the sale or letting

1.  The date of the sale or letting.

2.  The name and address of the buyer or hirer.

3.  The address of the premises where the set is to be installed.

4.  Whether the set is designed for reception in colour.

5.  The name, address and registration number of the dealer selling or letting the set.

PART III PARTICULARS TO BE RECORDED BY OTHER DEALER

Within 28 days from the date of the sale or letting

1.  The date of the sale or letting.

2.  The name and address of the buyer or hirer.

3.  The name and address of the dealer who arranged the sale or letting.

4.  The address (if known) of the premises where the set is to be installed.

5.  Whether the set is designed for reception in colour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Part I of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967 contains provisions to enable the Secretary of State to obtain information relating to the sale and hire of television sets. These Regulations make new provision as to the information to be supplied by television dealers in place of the provisions contained in The Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967 (Prescribed Forms and Addresses) Regulations 1967.

Section 1 of the Act contains provisions which enable the Secretary of State to compile a register of television dealers and which require a television dealer to give to the Secretary of State a notice containing certain information. The form of this notice is prescribed by Regulation 3 and Form No. 1 in Schedule 1.

Section 2 of the Act requires a television dealer to give to the Secretary of State a notification of each sale or letting of a television set. The form of this notification is prescribed by Regulation 4 and may be in either Form No. 2 or Form No. 3 in Schedule 1 or in the form of a magnetic tape.

Section 2 of the Act also requires a television dealer to keep a record of each sale or letting of a television set. The form of this record is prescribed by Regulation 5 and Form No. 4 in Schedule 1.

Regulation 6 prescribes the address to which a notice under section 1(5) of the Act or a notification under section 2(3) of the Act is to be sent by a television dealer.

The Schedule to the Act specifies the particulars which are to be contained in any notification given or record made under section 2 of the Act. Regulation 7 of these Regulations amends that Schedule. The content of the new forms corresponds with the particulars specified in the Schedule to the Act and that Schedule, as amended, is now, for convenience of reference, set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.