The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008

• Citation: S.I. 2008/2106
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 29th August 2008.

(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) in paragraph (1)—

(a) after the definition of “earth station” insert the following definition—

“exclusive basis” means authorised use of a channel which is not shared with any other licensee;

(b) after the definition of “fixed mobile station” insert the following definitions—

“high population area” means such part of the British Islands being an area listed in Schedule 9 and identified by reference to a grid square of the 2 nd series of Landranger maps published by the Ordnance Survey which is considered by OFCOM to have a high proportion of the population;

“high usage bands” mean any of UHF Band I, UHF Band II and the VHF High Band;

(c) after the definition of “hub” insert the following definition—

large coverage area” means an area within which wireless telegraphy is authorised under a licence condition permitting—

(a) effective radiated power of transmission greater than 5 Watts where antenna height is greater than 10 metres;

(b) effective radiated power of transmission less than or equal to 5 Watts where antenna height is greater than 30 metres; or

(c) transmission within a circular area which has a radius greater than 15 kilometres but less than or equal to 30 kilometres;

(d) after the definition of “licensee” insert the following definitions—

“low population area” means such part of the British Islands being an area listed in Schedule 9 and identified by reference to a grid square of the 2 nd series of Landranger maps published by the Ordnance Survey which is considered by OFCOM to have a low proportion of the population;

“low usage bands” mean the 133 kHz – 147 kHz band, the 26.225 MHz band, the 49.49375 MHz band, VHF Band I and VHF Low Band;

“medium coverage area” means an area within which wireless telegraphy is authorised under a licence condition permitting—

(a) effective radiated power of transmission less than or equal to 5 Watts where antenna height is greater than 10 metres and less than or equal to 30 metres;

(b) effective radiated power of transmission greater than 5 Watts where antenna height is less than or equal to 10 metres; or

(c) transmission within a circular area which has a radius greater than 3 kilometres but less than or equal to 15 kilometres;

“medium population area” means such part of the British Islands being an area listed in Schedule 9 and identified by reference to a grid square of the 2 nd series of Landranger maps published by the Ordnance Survey which is considered by OFCOM to have a medium proportion of the population;

“medium usage bands” mean VHF Band III and the VHF Mid Band;

(e) after the definition of “prescribed time” insert the following definition—

“shared basis” means authorised use of a channel which is shared with another licensee;

(f) after the definition of “slot” insert the following definition—

“small coverage area” means an area within which wireless telegraphy is authorised under a licence condition permitting—

(a) effective radiated power of transmissions less than or equal to 5 Watts where antenna height is less than or equal to 10 metres; or

(b) transmission within a circular area which is less than or equal to 3 kilometres;

(g) after the definition of “UHF Band II” insert the following definitions—

“VHF Band I” means that part of the radio frequency spectrum between 55.75 MHz and 68.0 MHz;

“VHF Band III” means that part of the radio frequency spectrum between 177.20625 MHz and 207.49375 MHz;

Section 4 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 “Business Radio”—

(a) in relation to the licence class “Business Radio (Standard)” omit all of the entries in Columns 1 to 4;

(b) after the licence class “Business Radio (Remote Meter Reading Operator)” insert the following entries—

(3) 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 paragraph (2) 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 5 Insertion of Schedules 9, 10 and 11

After Schedule 8, insert the following—

HIGH POPULATION AREA, MEDIUM POPULATION AREA AND LOW POPULATION AREA

CHARGES FOR THE BUSINESS RADIO (AREA DEFINED) LICENCE CLASS FOR EACH 6.25 kHz CHANNEL

Column 1

Area

Column 2

Charge for high usage band

Column 3

Charge for medium usage band

Column 4

Charge for low usage band

CHARGES FOR THE BUSINESS RADIO (TECHNICALLY ASSIGNED) LICENCE CLASS