The Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/1254
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 and shall come into force on 26th June 2013.

Section 2 Amendment of the Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) Regulations 2003

(1) The Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) Regulations 2003 are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) In Schedule 3, Part III, paragraph 3,—

(a) in sub-paragraph (d) (Long term evolution radiotelephones ( LTE )) after the entry “1805–1880MHz” in the list of frequency bands, insert the following entries—

791–821 MHz

832–862 MHz

1920–1980 MHz

2110–2170 MHz

2500–2690 MHz

(b) in sub-paragraph (e) (Worldwide interoperability for microwave access radiotelephones (WiMax)) after the entry “1805–1880MHz” in the list of frequency bands, insert the following entries—

791–821 MHz

832–862 MHz

1920–1980 MHz

2110–2170 MHz

2500–2690 MHz

(3) In Schedule 3, Part IV (interface requirement), after the entry for “IR 2085 – UK Interface Requirement 2085 London 2012 Games Tetra Network (Apollo), published by the Office of Communications in December 2011” insert the following entries—

IR 2090 – UK Interface Requirement 2090 Terrestrial systems capable of providing electronic communications services in the 800 MHz band, published by the Office of Communications in March 2013.

IR 2092 – UK Interface Requirement 2092 Terrestrial systems capable of providing electronic communications services in the frequency bands 1920–1980 MHz and 2110–2170 MHz, published by the Office of Communications in June 2013.

IR 2072 – UK Interface Requirement 2072 Terrestrial systems capable of providing electronic communications services in the band 2500 to 2690 MHz, published by the Office of Communications in March 2013.

(4) In Schedule 5, Part III (interface requirement), for “IR 2016 – UK Radio Interface Requirement for Land Mobile Satellite Systems, published by OFCOM in September 2008”, substitute “IR 2016 – UK Radio Interface Requirement for Land Mobile Satellite Systems, published by OFCOM in June 2013”.