Telecommunications Act 1984
c. 12
formation or instruction required by the order would not be
conveyed until after delivery, require the whole or part thereof
to be also displayed near the apparatus.
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(5) For the purposes of this section a person exposing telecommunication apparatus for supply or having telecommunication apparatus in his possession for supply shall be deemed to
offer to supply it.
(6) In this section and section 29 below " supply " shall be
construed in accordance with section 9 of the Consumer Safety
Act 1978.
1978 c. 38.
29.-(1) Where it appears to the Secretary of State expedient information
that any description of advertisements of telecommunication etc. to be
in
apparatus should contain or refer to any information relating given
advertisements.
to the apparatus or its connection or use, the Secretary of State
may by order impose requirements as to the inclusion of that
information, or an indication of the means by which it may be
obtained, in advertisements of that description.
(2) Where an advertisement of any telecommunication apparatus to be supplied in the course of any trade or business
fails to comply with any requirement imposed under this section, any person who publishes the advertisement shall, subject
to subsections (3) and (4) below, be guilty of an offence and
liable-
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine
statutory maximum ;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to
not exceeding the
a fine.
(3) Subsections (4) to (6) of section 5 above shall apply for
the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of
that section.
(4) In any proceedings for an offence under this section it
shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he is
a person whose business it is to publish or arrange for the
publication of advertisements and that he received the advertisement for publication in the ordinary course of, business and did
not know and had no reason to suspect that its publication would
amount to an offence under this section.
(5) An order under this section may specify the form and
manner in which any information or indication required by the
order is to be included in advertisements of any description.
(6) In this section " advertisement " includes
circular and a price list.
a catalogue, a