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Telecommunications Act 1984
connected to, telecommunication systems to which the licences
relate, then, for the purposes of those provisions, bodies may
be so recognised by the Secretary of State.
(2) A recognition under this section may apply either to a particular body or to bodies of a description specified in the recognition, and may so apply either for the purposes of a particular
telecommunication system or for the purposes of any telecommunication system of a description so specified.
(3) The Secretary of State may pay such allowances as he may
determine to members of a body recognised by him under this
section, and may pay such expenses of a body so recognised as
he may determine.
(4) Any power conferred by this section to give a recognition
includes power to withdraw a recognition given in the exercise of
that power.
(5) There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament
any sums required by the Secretary of State for making payments under this section.
Marking etc. of telecommunication apparatus
Information
etc. to be
marked on
or to
accompany
telecommunication
apparatus.
28.-(1) Where it appears to the Secretary of State expedient
that any description of telecommunication apparatus should be
marked with or accompanied by any information or instruction
relating to the apparatus or its connection or use, the Secretary of
State may by order impose requirements for securing that apparatus of that description is so marked or accompanied, and regulate
or prohibit the supply of any such apparatus with respect to
which the requirements are not complied with ; and the requirements may extend to the form and manner in which the information or instruction is to be given.
(2) Where an order under this section is in force with respect
to telecommunication apparatus of any description, any person
who, in the course of any trade or business, supplies or offers
to supply telecommunication apparatus of that description in
contravention of the order shall, subject to subsection (3) below,
be guilty of an offence and liable(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the
statutory maximum ;
(b) on conviction on indictment, to 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) An order under this section may, in the case of telecommunication apparatus supplied in circumstances where the in-