A Bombshell for the Radio Trade!

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 19, 23 November 1934, Page 42

A Bombshell for the Radio Trade!

New: Act’ Readers Ljesneea ‘Sérvicenieai Open to Prosecution

HE next Radio Servicemen’s Dxaro- . ination will be ‘lreld. on: Moriday; ’ December 3, entries having closed : ou the 12th instant. It is understood that | the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Amendment Act, 1934, will seriously af- . fect the registration of’ those seryice-° men who have not availed themselves. of the opperunity offered by the. départ-. ment to obtain limited registration. » The attention of the trade is drawn to section 13 of this amendment, which reads: "In conxputing for the purposes of. sections eight and sixteen of the principal Act and section two of the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Amendment Act, 1928, the period during which any person has been employed or engaged as an electrical wireman, any time occupied in employment or engagement in contravention of the provisions of the principal Act shall not be taken into account." This would appear to mean that the experience demanded under Section 2 of the Hlectrical Wiremen’s Registration Amendment Act, 1928, can only be obtained by apprenticeship as provided in the Apprenticeship Order for the Wellington Industrial District. which, by the way, is the only such order in the Dominion, or by practical experi- ence gained under the direct supervision of a registered person.

..* Also, the position as it now stands ‘is *ythat/all persoug who have been engaged in radio:, service work since . the Electrical Wiremen’s Registration Act, 1925, and the Amendment Act, 1928, -have rendered themselves liable to prosecution under the Act. This apPlies particularly. to. those whid.have-en-* "tered for ‘thé Radio Servicehnéns:1Ex- | wuihation, and have. signed:‘2* declarn- \ tion testifying to the number of years of practical servicing experience they have had. These declarations, which had to be submitted before the Public Works. Department would consider issuing limited licenses, can now be used as evidence to secure convictions under the latest Amendment Act, . In connection with radio servicing, there are five points which bring this class of work within the scope of all three Acts mentioned. These are:.1. The installation and connecting ‘of any earthing conductor for, use for any radio apparatus. 2. The connecting of flexible cord to any. radio apparatus or to any plug-top, ceiling rose, or other connector used between the fixed wiring and such apparatus.: soe "at sere 3. The replacement of any flexible cord used for supplying electrical energy to any radio apparatus and used between the fixed Wiring and such ap- ’ paratus.. . 4 The replacement of a fuse link ou any sub-circuit used to supply electrical energy. to any radio apparatus, 5. The removal and/or replacement of any radio apparatus as a whole or in part, and which is connected to the fixed wiring by means of a flexible cord. . oO, All these points have been subject to rulings given both in the Magistrate’ Court and the Arbitration ‘Court. New Regulations to Govern the Erection of Aerials, There is also another bombshell! being prepared by the authorities, which Will affect’ not only the trade but listeners as well. "Within the next few months regulations will be gazettek governing the erection of aerials. It was the intention of the Pubkic Works Department to. embody this particular class of work in an amendment to the Public Works Act, 1911, but the department was prevailed upon to reconsider this, and now it is intended that the regulations will be brought down by Order-in-Council, , . It is the intention at present to make these regulations much more rigid than those operating at present under the authority of the Fire Underwriters’ As- sociation of New Zealand, Special proVision will be made governing the minimum distance from power. lines ‘for the erection of aerial masts, the length of aerial-used, and. also the type of .erection to provide for ; windage stress. Also, the standard of all materials-used in the erection of masts and -aerials | will be provided for in the regulations.