The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

Made: 21st February 1992

Laid before Parliament: 27th February 1992

Coming into force: 1st April 1992

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949[^f00001], and now vested in him[^f00002], the power conferred on him by article 8 of the Department of Trade and Industry (Fees) Order 1988[^f00003], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby, with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations—

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st April 1992.

2

In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 1991[^f00004].

3

In regulation 3 of the principal Regulations,

• (a) after the word “where” in paragraph (4) there shall be inserted the words “the frequency and”;

• (b) for the table in the said paragraph there shall be substituted the table set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and

• (c) for the words “20th November 1990” in paragraph (6) there shall be substituted the words “17th January 1992”.

4

In regulation 4 of the principal Regulations after the semi-colon at the end of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) there shall be added the word “and”.

5

For the Schedule to the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 2

Signed

John Redwood — Minister of State, — Department of Trade and Industry — 13th February 1992

We consent to these Regulations,

Sydney Chapman — Irvine Patnick — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 21st February 1992

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/542) (“the principal Regulations”), which provide for fees to be paid in relation to wireless telegraphy licences granted under section 1 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (c. 54).

The Regulations change the level and structure of some of the fees prescribed for certain licence types to up-date those fees, by substituting for the Schedule to the principal Regulations Schedule 2 to these Regulations (regulation 5). Fees are increased in respect of 14 licence types and reduced in respect of one licence type. The fees for the Fixed Satellite Service category of licence have been restructured and provision has been made for a fee to be paid on the issue of additional links in the re-named Fixed Point to Point Radio-Relay Link licence (formerly named Fixed Microwave Radio-Relay Link, a licence category which has been expanded). The fees for Band III Private Mobile Radio National Trunked Service licences are no longer prescribed by regulations but are set individually under regulation 7. Fees are now prescribed for 50 types of licence.

In addition, these Regulations expand the reference to a link of a class set out in regulation 3(4) of the principal Regulations to include the frequency band or bands relevant to the class (regulation 3).

The Regulations also up-date the list in regulation 3(6) of the principal Regulations, “Coverage of Independent Local Radio Stations”, referred to in connection with the fee prescribed for Transmission of Local Broadcasting Services licences (regulation 3).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1949 c. 54; section 2 was extended to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, respectively, by S.I. 1952/1900, amended by S.I. 1967/1279, 1969/1396 and S.I. 1952/1899; there are amendments to section 2 not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00002]: 1969 c. 48, section 3; S.I. 1969/1369, article 3, 1371, article 2, and 1974/691, article 2.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1988/93, which was made under section 102 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51).

[^f00004]: S.I. 1991/542.