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Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967
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- 1967 c. 72
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- s. 6(1) text amended by 2003 c. 21 s. 367(2)
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6 Interpretation of Part I.E+W+S+N.I.
(1)In this Part of this Act—
“appointed day” means such day as the [F1Secretary of State] may by order appoint;
[F2“the BBC” means the British Broadcasting Corporation;]
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the [F1Secretary of State][F3after consultation with the BBC];
“television dealer” means a person who by way of trade or business—
(a)sells television sets by retail;
(b)lets such sets on hire or hire-purchase;
(c)arranges for such sets to be sold or let as aforesaid by another television dealer; or
(d)holds himself out as willing to engage in any of the foregoing activities;
[F4“television programme” means a programme included in any television broadcasting or other television programme service (within the meaning of Part I of the Broadcasting Act 1990);]
“television set” means any . . . F5 apparatus designed primarily for the purpose of receiving and exhibiting television programmes . . . F5 (whether or not its use for that purpose is dependent on the use of anything else in conjunction therewith) and any assembly comprising such apparatus and other apparatus.
(2)In this Part of this Act references to sale by retail do not include references to such sales by auction unless the auctioneer is selling as principal; and references to letting on hire or hire-purchase do not include references to letting as aforesaid for the purpose of resale or re-letting.
(3)For the purposes of this Part of this Act a television set is sold or let on hire or hire-purchase when the contract of sale or, as the case may be, the contract of hire or hire-purchase is made.
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F1Words substituted by virtue of Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48, SIF 96), s. 3(1)(i) and S.I. 1974/691, arts. 2, 3(3)
F2Definition inserted (1.4.1991) by Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42, SIF 96), s. 180, Sch. 18 Pt. II para. 7(a)
F3Words added (1.4.1991) by Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42, SIF 96), s. 180, Sch. 18 Pt. II para. 7(b)
F4Definition inserted by Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 (c. 46, SIF 96), Sch. 5 para 17(a); substituted by Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42, SIF 96), s. 203(1), Sch. 20 para. 9
F5Words repealed by Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 (c. 46, SIF 96), Sch. 5 para. 17(b), Sch. 6
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C11.1.1968 appointed for the purposes of ss. 1–3 by S.I. 1967/1691
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