The Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus (Receivers) (Exemption) Regulations 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/123
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation and Commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus (Receivers) (Exemption) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 27th February 1989.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations –

“authorised broadcasting station” means a station for the time being duly authorised to conduct a broadcasting service pursuant to the Radio Regulations published by the General Secretariat of the International Telecommunication Union for the time being in force ; and“transmission” means any intentional emission by wireless telegraphy.

Section 3 Exemption

Subject to the terms, provisions and limitations contained in regulation 4 and except as provided for in regulations 5 and 6, there are hereby exempted from the provisions of section 1 of the Act –

(a) the establishment or use for wireless telegraphy of any station; and

(b) the installation or use for wireless telegraphy of any apparatus, which is inherently incapable of transmission.

Section 4 Terms, provisions and limitations

The terms, provisions and limitations to which the exemption provided for in regulation 3 shall be subject are that the station or apparatus for wireless telegraphy shall not –

(a) infringe any requirements for the time being applied to it by or under any enactment for the purpose of preventing it from causing interference with any wireless telegraphy; or

(b) cause undue interference with any wireless telegraphy.

Section 5 Exceptions

The exemption provided for in regulation 3 shall not extend to the establishment or use of any station for wireless telegraphy, or the installation or use of any apparatus for wireless telegraphy –

(a) for the primary purpose of receiving visual images (with or without sound) sent by television by authorised broadcasting stations for general reception; or

(b) used for receiving broadcasts from any broadcasting station (other than a space station) which has not been licensed to transmit those broadcasts by the government of any country or territory.

Section 6 Exceptions

The exemption provided for in regulation 3 shall not apply to any station or apparatus for wireless telegraphy which is exempted from the provisions of section 1(1) of the Act by –

(a) the Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) Regulations 1980 ; or

(b) the Wireless Telegraphy (Broadcast Licence Charges and Exemption) Regulations 1984 .