# Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (repealed) 12 & 13 & 14 Geo. 6 c. 54 · enacted 30 July 1949 · revised to 22 April 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-1949-repealed/pdf/ukpga_19490054_en.pdf ## Introductory text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Regulation of Wireless Telegraphy ## 1 Licensing of wireless telegraphy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1AA Exemption from need for wireless telegraphy licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1A Offence of keeping wireless telegraphy station or apparatus available for unauthorised use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1B Offence of allowing premises to be used for purpose of unlawful broadcasting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1C Prohibition of acts facilitating unauthorised broadcasting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1D Procedures for the grant of licences providing a telecommunications service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1E Variation or revocation of a licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1F Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Fees and charges for wireless telegraphy licences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Regulations as to wireless telegraphy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Misleading messages and interception and disclosure of messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Territorial extent of preceding provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 †Powers of Postmaster General as to wireless personnel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Special provisions as to interference ## 9 Advisory committee and appeal tribunal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Regulations as to radiation of electromagnetic energy, et ceteralaetc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Enforcement of regulations as to use of apparatus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Enforcement of regulations as to sales, et ceteralaetc., by manufacturers and others. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Deliberate interference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Supplemental ## 13A Information requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13B Statement of policy on information gathering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Penalties and legal proceedings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Entry and search of premises, et ceteralaetc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Regulations and orders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Financial provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Interpretation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Short title and extent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule FIRST: Procedure in Relation to Suspension and Revocation of Authorities to Wireless Personnel ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule SECOND: Provisions as to the Appeal Tribunal ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/54 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-1949-repealed Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.