The Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 2006
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2006/2994 |
| Year | 2006 |
2006 No. 2994
Electronic Communications
The Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 2006
Made 16th November 2006
Coming into force 8th December 2006
The Office of Communications (“OFCOM”) make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on OFCOM by section 1(1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 19491(“the 1949 Act”).
Before making these Regulations OFCOM have given notice of their proposal to do so in accordance with section 403(4)(a) of the Communications Act 20032(“the 2003 Act”) as applied by section 16(1A) of the 1949 Act, published notice of their proposal in accordance with section 403(4)(b) of the 2003 Act as applied by section 16(1A) of the 1949 Act and have considered the representations made to them before the time specified in that notice in accordance with section 403(4)(c) of the 2003 Act as applied by section 16(1A) of the 1949 Act.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 8th December 2006.
Amendment of the Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) Regulations 2003
2. The Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) Regulations 20033shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.
Amendment of regulation 3
3. In regulation 3 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—
(a) omit the entries that define “authorised person”, “CEPT”, “erp” and “RA”;
(b) in the definition of “Interface Requirement”, for “RA” substitute “OFCOM”;
(c) in the definition of “the Radio Regulations”, for “the 2001 edition” substitute “the 2004 edition”;
(d) in the definition of “relevant apparatus”, for “Schedules 3 to 9” substitute “Schedules 3 to 10”.
Amendment of regulation 4
4. In regulation 4 (exemption), for paragraph (4) substitute the following paragraph—
“4 The exemption provided in the case of relevant apparatus operating in the frequency bands specified in paragraph (3) shall not apply unless such apparatus complies with the appropriate following Interface Requirement—
(a) in the case of the frequency bands specified at sub-paragraph (a), IR 2005 – UK Radio Interface Requirement for Wideband Transmission Systems operating in the 2.4 GHz ISM Band and Using Wide Band Modulation Techniques, published by OFCOM in November 2006;
(b) in the case of the frequency bands specified at sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), IR 2006 – UK Interface Requirement 2006 for Wireless Access Systems (WAS) including RLANs operating in the frequency range 5150 – 5725 MHz, published by OFCOM in November 2006;
(c) in the case of the frequency band specified at sub-paragraph (d), IR 2000 – UK Interface Requirement 2000 for Point-to-Point Radio-Relay Systems Operating in Fixed Service Frequency Bands Administered by OFCOM, published by OFCOM in July 2005.”.
Amendment of regulation 5
5. In regulation 5 (terms, provisions and limitations), in paragraph (1)(b), for “unless otherwise stated in Schedule 6” substitute “unless non-terrestrial use is permitted under Part III of Schedule 6”.
Amendment of Schedule 3
6. In Schedule 3 (network user stations)—
(a) in Part III (type of licence granted under section 1(1) of the 1949 Act for the establishment and use of relevant networks), omit paragraph 5;
(b) for Part IV (interface requirement), substitute the following Part—
“PART IV
Interface Requirement
IR 2014 – Public Wireless Networks, published by OFCOM in August 2005.
IR 2017 – Remote Meter Reading Operator Services, published by OFCOM in October 2004.
IR 2019 – Third Generation Mobile, published by OFCOM in June 2005.
IR 2044 – 12.5 kHz And 25 kHz Channel spacing for Land Mobile Services, Covering CBS, Analogue PAMR, National Paging, Data Networks, TETRA/TEDS Networks, and National & Regional PMBR Authorisations, published by OFCOM in November 2006.”.
Amendment of Schedule 4
7. In Schedule 4 (cordless telephone apparatus)—
(a) in Part I (interpretation) omit the entry that defines “data message”;
(b) in Part III (interface requirement), for the entry relating to IR 2011 substitute the following entry—
“IR 2011 – UK Interface Requirement 2011 Analogue and digital cordless telephony service, published by OFCOM in June 2005.”.
Amendment of Schedule 5
8. In Schedule 5 (land mobile-satellite service stations), in Part III (interface requirement) for the entry relating to IR 2016 substitute the following entry—
“IR 2016 – UK Radio Interface Requirement for Land Mobile Satellite Systems, published by OFCOM in April 2006.”.
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