c. 12
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PART
VI
Telecommunications Act 1984
(11)
Any person
who-
(a) takes any action within subsection (3)(a) or
(b) above in relation to any apparatus in
contravention of subsection (5) above ; or
without reasonable excuse has any apparatus
in his custody or control in contravention
of that subsection ; or
(c) contravenes or fails to comply with any
terms or conditions attached to any authority given by the Secretary of State for the
purposes of this section (whatever the
action to which that authority relates) ;
shall, without prejudice to any liability to a penalty
which he may have incurred under the Act of 1979
mentioned above, be guilty of an offence under the
principal Act.
(b)
(12) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that in this section " manufacture " includes
construction by any method and the assembly of
component parts.".
(2) Any order made under section 7 of the 1967 Act which
is in force immediately before this section comes into force shall
have effect(a) as if made under the new section 7 substituted by subsection (1) above ; and
(b) as if it restricted, in the case of wireless telegraphy
apparatus of any class or description specified in the
order, the actions mentioned in subsection (3)(a) and
(d) of the new section ;
(and any such order may accordingly be varied or revoked by
an order made under the new section).
Regulations
with respect
to resistance
to
interference.
78. The following section shall be inserted in the 1949 Act
immediately after section 12" Regula12A.-(1) This section applies to wireless telegtions with
raphy
apparatus and to any apparatus designed or
respect to
resistance to adapted for use in connection with wireless teleinterference. graphy apparatus.
(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations prescribe requirements (referred to below in this section
as technical requirements) to be complied with in the
case of apparatus to which this section applies of any
class or description specified in the regulations.