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The Wireless Telegraphy (Limitation of Number of Licences) Order 2003

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation and commencement

  3. 2.Interpretation

  4. 3.Wireless telegraphy licences to be limited in number

  5. 4.Criteria for limiting the number of wireless telegraphy licences

  6. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      BROADCASTING

      1. PART 1 FREQUENCIES ALLOCATED TO BROADCASTING USE

      2. PART 2 CRITERIA RELATING TO PERSONS TO WHOM WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES MAY BE GRANTED

        1. 1.The frequencies are assigned only to the British Broadcasting Corporation...

      3. PART 3 CRITERIA LIMITING NUMBER OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES

        1. 2.The availability of wireless telegraphy licences is limited at these...

        2. 3.Applicants must undertake to use the assigned frequencies solely for...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      BROADBAND FIXED WIRELESS ACCESS

      1. PART 1 FREQUENCIES ALLOCATED TO BROADBAND FIXED WIRELESS ACCESS USE

        1. 1.In this Schedule “Broadband Fixed Wireless Access” means the provision...

      2. PART 2 CRITERIA RELATING TO PERSONS TO WHOM WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES MAY BE GRANTED

        1. 2.Licences are awarded to persons by a competitive process in...

      3. PART 3 CRITERIA LIMITING NUMBER OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES

        1. 3.None.

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      PROGRAMME MAKING AND SPECIAL EVENTS

      1. PART 1 FREQUENCIES ALLOCATED TO PROGRAMME MAKING AND SPECIAL EVENTS USE

      2. PART 2 CRITERIA RELATING TO PERSONS TO WHOM WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES MAY BE GRANTED

        1. 1.None.

      3. PART 3 CRITERIA LIMITING NUMBER OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES

        1. 2.The availablity of wireless telegraphy licences at these frequencies is...

        2. 3.All applications for licences are considered (and the technical frequency...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      PUBLIC ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

      1. PART 1 FREQUENCIES ALLOCATED TO PUBLIC ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS USE

        1. 1.The following classes of licence are no longer available for...

      2. PART 2 CRITERIA RELATING TO PERSONS TO WHOM WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES MAY BE GRANTED

        1. 2.An applicant cannot be a person whose entitlement to provide...

        2. 3.Applicants for Remote Meter Operator (National Shared) Licences and Remote...

      3. PART 3 CRITERIA LIMITING NUMBER OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES

        1. 4.The availability of Common Base Station Operator Licences is limited...

        2. 5.All applications for licences are considered (and any technical frequency...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      FIXED TERRESTRIAL RADIO LINKS

      1. PART 1 FREQUENCIES ALLOCATED TO FIXED TERRESTRIAL RADIO LINKS USE

      2. PART 2 CRITERIA RELATING TO PERSONS TO WHOM WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES MAY BE GRANTED

        1. 1.An applicant cannot be a person whose entitlement to provide...

      3. PART 3 CRITERIA LIMITING NUMBER OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES

        1. 2.The availability of wireless telegraphy licences is limited at these...

        2. 3.All applications for licences are considered (and the technical frequency...

        3. 4.Applicants must undertake to use the assigned frequencies solely for...

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      SATELLITE SERVICES

      1. PART 1 FREQUENCIES ALLOCATED TO SATELLITE SERVICES USE

      2. PART 2 CRITERIA RELATING TO PERSONS TO WHOM WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES MAY BE GRANTED

        1. 1.An applicant cannot be a person whose entitlement to provide...

      3. PART 3 CRITERIA LIMITING NUMBER OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES

        1. 2.The availability of Permanent Earth Station Licences, Transportable Earth Station...

        2. 3.All applications for licences are considered (and any technical frequency...

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      MARITIME

      1. PART 1 FREQUENCIES ALLOCATED TO MARITIME USE

      2. PART 2 CRITERIA RELATING TO PERSONS TO WHOM WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES MAY BE GRANTED

        1. 1.An applicant who intends to operate on international channels must...

        2. 2.An applicant for a Coastal Station Radio Licence must intend...

        3. 3.An applicant for a Coastal Station Radio (Marina) Licence must...

        4. 4.An applicant for a Coastal Station Radio (International) Licence must...

        5. 5.An applicant for a Ship Radio Licence must be the...

        6. 6.An applicant for a Maritime Radio (Navigational Aids and Radar)...

        7. 7.An applicant for a Maritime Radio (Suppliers and Demonstration) Licence...

      3. PART 3 CRITERIA LIMITING NUMBER OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES

        1. 8.Applicants must undertake to use the assigned frequencies solely for...

        2. 9.The availability of the Coastal Station Radio Licence, Coastal Station...

        3. 10.All applications for licences are considered (and any technical frequency...

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      AERONAUTICAL

      1. PART 1 FREQUENCIES ALLOCATED TO AERONAUTICAL USE

      2. PART 2 CRITERIA RELATING TO PERSONS TO WHOM WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES MAY BE GRANTED

        1. 1.Aircraft Licence (including Aircraft (Transportable))

        2. 2.An applicant must possess a Flight Radiotelephony Operators Certificate of...

        3. 3.An applicant who is a glider pilot and who undertakes...

        4. 4.Aeronautical Ground Station Air Traffic/Ground Movement Control

        5. 5.An applicant must prove that the equipment he intends to...

        6. 6.Aeronautical Ground Station Airfield Flight Information Service

        7. 7.An applicant must prove that the equipment he intends to...

        8. 8.Aeronautical Ground Station (General Aviation)

        9. 9.Aeronautical Navigational Aids and Radar

      3. PART 3 CRITERIA LIMITING NUMBER OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES

        1. 10.The availability of the Aeronautical Ground Station Air Traffic/Ground Movement...

        2. 11.All applications for licences are considered (and any technical frequency...

        3. 12.Applicants must undertake to use the assigned frequencies soley for...

    9. SCHEDULE 9

      AMATEUR RADIO

      1. PART 1 FREQUENCIES ALLOCATED TO AMATEUR RADIO USE

      2. PART 2 CRITERIA RELATING TO PERSONS TO WHOM WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES MAY BE GRANTED

        1. 1.Amateur Radio Foundation

        2. 2.Amateur Radio Intermediate (A)

        3. 3.Amateur Radio Intermediate (B)

        4. 4.Amateur Radio Full (A) and (B)

        5. 5.An applicant for the Amateur Radio Full (A) licence must...

      3. PART 3 CRITERIA LIMITING NUMBER OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES

        1. 6.None.

    10. SCHEDULE 10

      TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

      1. PART 1 FREQUENCIES ALLOCATED TO TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT USE

        1. 1.Frequencies assigned to a Non-Operational Development Licence and Non-Operational Temporary...

      2. PART 2 CRITERIA RELATING TO PERSONS TO WHOM WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES MAY BE GRANTED

        1. 2.Non-Operational Development

        2. 3.Non-Operational Temporary

      3. PART 3 CRITERIA LIMITING NUMBER OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES

        1. 4.The availability of these licences is limited in any particular...

    11. SCHEDULE 11

      PRIVATE BUSINESS RADIO

      1. PART 1 FREQUENCIES ALLOCATED TO PRIVATE BUSINESS RADIO USE

        1. 1.In this Schedule “Private Business Radio Use” means use of...

      2. PART 2 CRITERIA RELATING TO PERSONS TO WHOM WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES MAY BE GRANTED

        1. 2.On-Site Private Business Radio for Hospital Paging and Emergency Speech Systems

        2. 3.Private Business Radio Suppliers

        3. 4.Public Safety Radio

        4. 5.Railways GSM-R Networks

      3. PART 3 CRITERIA LIMITING NUMBER OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES

        1. 6.Applicants for licences must undertake to operate under any licence...

        2. 7.The availability of licences (save in respect of the Private...

        3. 8.All applications for licences are considered (and any technical frequency...

  8. Explanatory Note

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