§ 41. Colonel WOODCOCKasked the Postmaster-General what definite arrangements have been made concerning licences for portable wireless sets, both as regards one licence only being necessary and the temporary removal of a portable wireless set from one place to another?
§ The ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Viscount Wolmer)The answer is rather long, and I will, with the permission of the hon. and gallant Member, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Colonel WOODCOCKHave any changes been made in these regulations?
§ Viscount WOLMERNo, not beyond what has appeared in the Press.
§ Following is the reply:
§ The following revised arrangements for wireless licences have recently been introduced:
- (1) A wireless licence covers the use in the premises occupied by the licensee of any number of sets of receiving apparatus of any character by the householder, his family and his domestic staff. (A separate licence is necessary for a separate building such as a lodge or gardener's house, or for a portion of the same address under a separate tenancy.)
- (2) A wireless licence covers the temporary use (for example during holidays) of receiving apparatus of any character at another residence, provided that no receiving apparatus is being worked at the home address.
- (3) A wireless licence covers not only the use of wireless sets at one fixed address but also the use (whether simultaneously or not) of one portable set at any place in Great Britain or Northern Ireland by the licensee or any member of his household. When a portable set is used away from the home address (for example on a motor car), the person using it must carry the licence with him and produce it if asked to do so by an authorised officer of the Post Office.