Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 135

The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1988

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1988 No. 135

TELEGRAPHS

The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1988

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949^[1] , as enacted and also as extended by the Wireless Telegraphy (Channel Islands) Order 1952^[2] and the Wireless Telegraphy (Isle of Man) Order 1952^[3] and now vested in him^[4] , and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby, with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations:—

    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st March 1988.

    2.    In these Regulations"the principal Regulations" means the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 1986^[5] .

    3.    For Part I of the Schedule to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the table entitled"Part I of the Schedule" in the Schedule to these Regulations.

    4.    In regulation 1 of the principal Regulations the definition of"base station" shall be amended to read""base or fixed station" means a station for wireless telegraphy installed at a fixed location" .

    5.    In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations,
 (a ) the words"or which relates to the frequencies appearing in the second column of Part I of the Schedule whose use is permitted by such licence," shall be deleted; and
 (b ) for the word"third" in paragraph (a ) there shall be substituted the word"second" ; and
 (c ) for the word"fourth" in paragraph (b ) there shall be substituted the word"third" ; and
 (d ) paragraph (c ) shall be deleted.

    6.    In regulation 3 of the principal Regulations,
 (a ) for the word"sixth" in paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the word "fifth" ; and
 (b ) for the word "fifth" in paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the word "fourth" .

    7.    Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations shall have effect subject to the following amendments that is to say—

    1.    Paragraph 1 shall be deleted and replaced with the following:—
"  (1)  In computing the variable sums prescribed in the third column ofPart I of the Schedule on the issue or renewal of any Regulation Licence:—
(a ) the number of mobile stations shall be the number of such stations comprised in such licence;

(b ) the word"group" , where it appears in relation to any Private Mobile Radio Licence, means one or more but not more than 20 mobile stations;

(c ) the word"channel" means those frequencies designated for use by the licensee of a Regulation Licence with a bandwidth of emission designated in connection with such use for the transmission or reception of wireless telegraphy in accordance with the terms of such licence;

(d ) the words"national channel" mean a channel designated for the exclusive use by the licensee of a Regulation Licence by such of the stations the subject of such licence as are situated in Great Britain and the Isle of Man;

(e ) the word"link" means a connection by wireless telegraphy between any two stations using a frequency designated for that purpose in such licence;

"narrow-band" link means a link where the bandwidth of the emission designated in connection with its use for a given class of emission under such licence does not occupy more than 50 kHz necessary bandwidth;

"medium-band" link means a link where the bandwidth of the emission designated in connection with its use for a given class of emission under such licence occupies more than 50 kHz but less than 3.5 MHz necessary bandwidth;

"wide-band" link means a link where the bandwidth of the emission designated in connection with its use for a given class of emission under such licence occupies more than 3.5 MHz necessary bandwidth."

    2.    Sub-paragraphs 3(a ) and (b ) shall be deleted and replaced with the following:—
"  (3)  
(a) The sum referred to at the third column of Part I of the Schedule in respect of the issue of either—
(i) a Band III Private Mobile Radio National Trunked Service Licence; or

(ii) a Band III Private Mobile Radio Trunked Service Licence; or

(iii) a National Public Radiotelephone Service Licence

shall be payable only in respect of such licences which are issued after the date on which these Regulations come into force.
(b) The sums referred to at the third column of Part I of the Schedule in respect of the renewal of any such licence named at sub-paragraph (3)(a) above shall be payable on the respective anniversaries of the date of issue of each such licence as specified in the said column. On each succeeding unspecified anniversary the sum to be paid shall be:
(i) £500,000 in respect of a Band III Private Mobile Radio National Trunked Service Licence;

(ii) £1000 for each channel in respect of a Band III Private Mobile Radio Trunked Service Licence;

(iii) £5000 for each national channel in respect of a National Public Radio- telephone Service Licence."

John Butcher

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry

23rd January 1988
We consent to these Regulations.

Michael Neubert

Mark Lennox-Boyd

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

28th January 1988

[1] 1949 c. 54. back

[2] S.I. 1952/1900. back

[3] S.I. 1952/1899. back

[4] 1969 c. 48; S.I. 1969/1369, 1371, 1974/691. back

[5] S.I. 1986/1039. back

Explanatory Note