The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1998

Made: 28th June 1998

Laid before Parliament: 29th June 1998

Coming into force: 20th July 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 1 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1998¹ and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, and having regard to the matters specified in section 2(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations–

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 20th July 1998.

2

The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 1995² are hereby amended as follows–

• (a) in regulation 3(1), there shall be inserted the following definition–

• “system” means the wireless telegraphy component of a telecommunication system as defined in section 4(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1984³;

• (b) in regulation 5(3), the following paragraph shall be inserted into the list of classes in relation to the definition of “relevant licence”–

(b) On-Site Private Business Radio;

• (c) in the category headed “Private Business Radio” in Schedule 4, there shall be inserted the provisions set out in Part I of the Schedule hereto relating to the On-Site Private Business Radio Licence; and

• (d) for the provisions in the category headed “Public Telecommunications Networks” relating to the Public Mobile Operator Licence for cellular radiotelephones and digital cellular PCN radiotelephones in Schedule 4, there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Part II of the Schedule.

SCHEDULE

PART I

PART II

Signed

Barbara Roche — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade and Industry, — Department of Trade and Industry — 28th June1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1331), as amended by the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1464), the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1006), the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1885) and the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/460).

These Regulations increase the fees payable in respect of the Public Mobile Operator Licence for cellular radiotelephones and digital cellular PCN radiotelephones. They also introduce a new licence class—On-Site Private Business Radio—for which the fee payable is charged by reference to the number of systems (as defined in regulation 2(a)) for each site. In addition, provision is made for such licence class to have the benefit of the 50 per cent fee discount available to safety of life charities under regulation 5 of the 1995 Regulations as amended (regulation 2(b)). In relation to these amendments, fees are charged in accordance with section 1 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1998 (c. 6) having regard to the matters specified in section 2(2) of that Act.

A full compliance cost assessment report of the effect that these Regulations would have on the costs of business is available to the public from the Radiocommunications Agency Library at New King’s Beam House, 22 Upper Ground, London SE1 9SA (Tel: 0171–211 0211).

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