The Wireless Telegraphy (Automotive Short Range Radar) (Exemption) Regulations 2005

• Citation: S.I. 2005/353
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Automotive Short Range Radar) (Exemption) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 17th March 2005.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations —

(a) “automotive short range radar equipment” means equipment providing vehicle radar functions for collision mitigation and traffic safety applications;

(b) “ dBm ” means decibel milliWatt;

(c) “ dBm/MHz ” means decibel milliWatt per megahertz; and

(d) “ eirp ” means effective isotropically radiated power.

Section 3 Exemption

Subject to regulation 4, the establishment or installation of automotive short range radar equipment in a vehicle and the use of automotive short range radar equipment so established or installed is hereby exempt from the provisions of section 1(1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949.

Section 4 Exemption

The exemption provided for in regulation 3 shall be limited to automotive short range radar equipment which —

(a) operates within the frequency band between 77 gigahertz and 81 gigahertz;

(b) emits a mean power density no greater than —

(i) -3 dBm/MHz eirp associated with a peak limit of 55 dBm eirp; and

(ii) -9 dBm/MHz eirp outside the vehicle in which it is established or installed; and

(c) does not cause undue interference to other users of the frequency band between 77 gigahertz and 81 gigahertz.