The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

• Citation: S.I. 2007/2326
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 27 th August 2007.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 2005 .

Section 2 Amendment of the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 2005

The principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of these Regulations.

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 3

In regulation 3 (interpretation)—

(a) in paragraph (1)–

(i) after the definition of “congested area” insert the following definition—

“core London area” means the area within a circle which has a 22 kilometre radius from Charing Cross, London, which is located at grid reference TQ 302 805 which is the grid reference of the 2 nd series of Landranger maps published by the Ordnance Survey ;

(ii) after the definition of “national channel” insert the following definition—

“outer London area” means all of the area, other than the core London area, which is within a circle having a 112 kilometre radius from Charing Cross, London, which is located at grid reference TQ 302 805 which is the grid reference of the 2 nd series of Landranger maps published by the Ordnance Survey;

(iii) in the definition of “ VHF Low band”, after “87.49375 MHz ;”, omit “and” ;

(iv) in the definition of “VHF Mid Band”, after “165.04375 MHz”, insert “; and”; and

(v) after the definition of “VHF Mid Band”, insert the following definition—

“Wireless Telegraphy General Licence Conditions Booklet” means Ofcom publication OF195 .

(b) in paragraph (6)–

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for “2 million” substitute “3 million”; and

(ii) omit sub-paragraph (j).

Section 4 Amendment of regulation 4

In regulation 4 (licence charges and time of payment)—

(a) in paragraph (2), after “"Programme Making and Special Events in Schedule 2” insert “and the Self Co-ordinated Links licence class (which is listed under the heading “Fixed Links” in Schedule 2),”; and

(b) in paragraph (4), after “shall” insert “, in respect of all classes of licence other than the “Point to Point Fixed Links” licence class (which is listed under the heading “Fixed Links” in Schedule 2),”.

Section 5 Amendment of Schedule 2

(1) Schedule 2 (licence charges and payment intervals) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) Under the heading “ Broadcasting ”—

(a) in relation to the licence class “Community Radio”–

(i) in Column 2, in the same row as “Community Radio” in Column 1, insert “£250”;

(ii) in Column 3 omit all the entries;

(iii) in Column 4 omit the second entry;

(b) after the class of licence “Community Radio” insert the following entries—

(3) Under the heading “ Business Radio ”, after the class of licence “Business Radio (Remote Meter Reading Operator)” insert the following entries—

£15,578 for each channel for the area of Great Britain excluding the core London area and the outer London area.

£3,647 for each channel in the outer London area.

£107 for each channel in the core London area.

(4) Under the heading “ Fixed Links ” in relation to the class of licence “Self Co-ordinated Links”, in Column 3, after “each 65 GHz ”, insert “, 71-76 GHz and 81-86 GHz”.

(5) Under the heading “ Fixed Wireless Access ”, in each of the classes of licence in Column 1, after “3.6-4.2”, insert “, 10”.

(6) Under the heading “ Maritime ”—

(a) in relation to the class of licence “Coastal Station Radio (Marina)”, for the entry in Column 3 substitute the following entry—

£75 for each base station and associated mobile stations for channels 80 (161.625 MHz), M (157.850 MHz) and M2 (161.425 MHz).

(b) in relation to the class of licence “Coastal Radio Station (International)”, in Column 3 for “157.025” substitute “161.625”;

(c) in relation to the class of licence “Differential Global Positioning System”, in paragraph (b) of Column 3 omit “or UHF ”;

(d) in relation to the class of licence “Maritime Navigational Aids and Radar”–

(i) in Column 3 omit “(a)”; and

(ii) in Columns 3 and 4 omit all of the entries after “radar station”;

(e) after the class of licence “Coastal Station Radio (Training School)” insert the following entries—

(7) Under the heading “ Programme Making and Special Events ”—

(a) in relation to the licence class “Programme Making and Special Events Fixed Site”—

(i) in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) in Column 3 and sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) in Column 3, for “£24” substitute “£28” in each place where those words occur; and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) in Column 3, for “£96” substitute “£168”;

(b) in relation to the licence class “Programme Making and Special Events Link”—

(i) in paragraph (a) in Column 3–

(aa) in sub-paragraphs (i) and (iii), for “£2.25” substitute “£2.75”;

(bb) in sub-paragraph (ii) , for “£7” substitute “£8.50”;

(cc) in sub-paragraphs (iv), (v) and (vii), for “£14” substitute “£17”;

(dd) in sub-paragraph (vi), for “£23” substitute “£28”;

(ee) for the entry in sub-paragraph (viii) substitute “(viii) £8.50 for each channel of 5 MHz above 8 GHz for occasional use;”;

(ff) omit the entries in sub-paragraphs (ix) and (x);

(gg) in sub-paragraphs (xi) and (xiii), for “£125” substitute “£153”;

(hh) in sub-paragraph (xii) , for “£338” substitute “£472”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (xiv) and (xvi), for “£777” substitute “£944”;

(jj) for the entry in sub-paragraph (xvii) substitute “(xvii) £472 for each channel of 5 MHz above 8 GHz for multi use type (1) channels;”;

(kk) in sub-paragraph (xv), for “£1,276” substitute “£1,554”;

(ll) omit the entries in sub-paragraphs (xviii) and (xix);

(mm) in sub-paragraphs (xx) and (xxii), for “£810” substitute “£990”;

(nn) in sub-paragraph (xxi) , for “£2,520” substitute “£3,060”;

(oo) in sub-paragraphs (xxiii) and (xxv), for “£5,040” substitute “£6,120”;

(pp) in sub-paragraph (xxiv), for “£8,280” substitute “£10,080”;

(qq) for the entry in sub-paragraph (xxvi) substitute “(xxvi) £3,060 for each channel of 5 MHz above 8 GHz for multi use type (2) channels;”;

(rr) omit the entries in sub-paragraphs (xxvii) and (xxviii);

(ss) for the entries in sub-paragraphs (xxix) to (xxxv) substitute the following entries—

(tt) omit the entries in sub-paragraphs (xxxvi) and (xxxvii);

(uu) for the entries in sub-paragraphs (xxviii) to (xliv) substitute the following entries—

(vv) omit the entries in sub-paragraphs (xlv) and (xlvi);

(ww) for the entries in sub-paragraphs (xlvii) to (lii) substitute the following entries—

(xx) after sub-paragraph (lii) insert the following entries—

(yy) in sub-paragraph (liii), for “£24” substitute “£28” in each place where those words occur;

(ii) in paragraph (b) in Column 3, in sub-paragraph (ii), for “£24” substitute “£28” in each place where those words occur;

(c) after the entry relating to licence class “Programme Making and Special Events Link”, insert the following entries—

(d) in relation to the licence class “Programme Making and Special Events Low Power”—

(i) in paragraph (a) in Column 3, for the entries in sub-paragraphs (i) to (xi) substitute the following sub-paragraphs (i) to (viii)—

(ii) in paragraph (b) in Column 3, in sub-paragraph (ii), for “£24” substitute “£28” in each place where those words occur;

(e) in relation to the licence class “UK Wireless Microphone (Annual)”, in paragraph (b) in Column 3, for “£80” substitute “£85”; and

(f) in relation to the licence class “UK Wireless Microphone (Biennial)”, in paragraph (b) in Column 3, for “£145” substitute “£155”.

(8) Under the heading “ Public Wireless Networks ”, in relation to the licence classes “Public Wireless Networks (2G and 3G Cellular Operator – Guernsey)”, “Public Wireless Networks (2G and 3G Cellular Operator – Jersey)” and “Public Wireless Networks (2G and 3G Cellular Operator – Isle of Man)”, in Column 3, after each entry in Column 3, insert “£4,000 for each 1 x 5 MHz channel or slot. £8,000 for each 2 x 5 MHz channel or slot”.

(9) Under the heading “ Science and Technology ” add the following entries–

£20

(10) In this regulation—

(a) the column headed “Class of licence” in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations shall be designated as “Column 1”;

(b) the column headed “Fixed sums” in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations shall be designated as “Column 2”;

(c) the column headed “Variable sums” in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations shall be designated as “Column 3”;

(d) the column headed “Prescribed payment interval” in Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations shall be designated as “Column 4”; and

(e) where the amendments to Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations prescribed in the preceding paragraphs of this regulation are set out within a four column grid, the four columns of that grid are to be inserted as Columns 1 to 4 of that Schedule.

Section 6 Amendment of Schedule 7

In paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 7, in the definition of “ Plf ”, after “that table” insert “except for the Channel Islands and Isle of Man, where Plf is 1”.