LegalizeThe Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 2011
[^key-78a9f7f5a12bb1b331f4fe1f2f59f193]: Sch. 4 para. 3 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-39e9db5b3973201b7355f86086f0ebac]: Sch. 4 para. 4 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-55cb2ab93603461df43cc3f748b60805]: Sch. 4 para. 5 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-f993d2037c77e32ea49f7a3ada9e71af]: Sch. 1 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-8f3fb3a5fbbb8fa0e65f0d7a56a2ae77]: Sch. 2 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-fc9b4d14a556d0a75ef924854ca45af0]: Sch. 3 Pt. 2 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-08df85ebfbb486110383116ee2e6cdd5]: Sch. 3 Pt. 3 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-b319c342f943d9c877d4dc2f6bbcd808]: Sch. 3 Pt. 4 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-ad4ebed7cb827f9bbcb31d116a76db2a]: Sch. 3 Pt. 5 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-294e4ae995517e256383cac1b610fa45]: Sch. 4 Pt. 2 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-b6fad120430a6202d770ca3262160557]: Sch. 5 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-6f7c204464fa4b3927f72874cf12f560]: Sch. 6 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-26e2e840030a71038cfe5d73e8d8adc6]: Sch. 7 Pt. 1 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-28052a397fb5abb68055de487ac1f85b]: Sch. 7 Pt. 2 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-8425e999f373e6b1212301b262ad4f9c]: Sch. 7 Pt. 3 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-caa16401ed17dbcc2ec8487c91937a05]: Sch. 8 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-a1b94b3be2c0045acc7bc338df407889]: Sch. 9 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-66389046460b622cef652de6b23fcbb1]: Sch. 10 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-e4d814175406cb63cdb4e98f43406ea0]: Sch. 11 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-262b1006224274f3a02b4f32af631006]: Sch. 12 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-d6927f6c85ebb41e654a0178e4012f77]: Sch. 13 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
[^key-854cb48894a417e7813061090e299362]: Sch. 14 in force at 3.5.2011, see reg. 1
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Regulations revoke and replace the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1378 as amended by S.I.s 2006/2894, 2007/2326, 2008/139, 2008/2106 and 2009/66) (“the 2005 Regulations”). These Regulations provide for charges to be paid to the Office of Communications (“OFCOM”) in respect of wireless telegraphy licences granted under section 8 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (c. 36) (“the Act”).
These Regulations set the charges - licence fees - for most classes of wireless telegraphy licence (regulation 4 and Schedule 2). They also provide for pro-rated licence fees, subject to a minimum of £20, for licences issued for less than one year where the fees for a full year’s licence would otherwise be £75 or more (regulation 4).
For most licence classes the Regulations set the same fees as under the 2005 Regulations, but they also:
introduce fees for new licence classes in Schedule 2, including the Satellite (Complementary Ground Components of a Mobile Satellite System), the Coastal Station Radio (UK) Area Defined and the Coastal Station Radio (International) Area Defined licence classes;
change the fees for some Maritime licence classes in Schedule 2, including the Coastal Station Radio (UK), the Coastal Station Radio (International) and the Differential Global Position System licence classes. This increases some fees and reduces others;
increase the number of channels within certain Maritime licence classes in Schedule 2 in respect of which no licence fee is payable (regulation 2(4) and Schedule 2);
change the fees for the Business Radio licence classes in Band I (the band 55.75 to 68 MHz), reducing them in most cases, and remove from the charging structure Business Radio licence classes which no longer exist (Schedule 2);
change the fees for the Satellite (Transportable Earth Station) licence class, introducing new fees for earth stations in certain frequency bands (Schedule 2 and Schedule 4 Part 3);
change the fees for licences to use national channels in the Scanning Telemetry licence class, so the same fee (£7,920) is payable in each year of the licence (Schedule 2);
reduce the fees for the Television Broadcasting Services licence classes (Schedule 2);
remove the fees for some licence classes including the Automatic Identification System, the Satellite (Transportable Very Small Aperture Terminal) and the Citizens’ Band radio licence classes; and
rename some licence classes (like the Public Wireless Networks (2G Cellular Operator) licence class, which is renamed the Public Wireless Networks licence class) (Schedule 2).
Regulation 5 provides for concessionary fees for certain wireless telegraphy licences held by charities whose object is the safety of human life in an emergency. Regulation 5(3) refers to the Association of Guernsey Charities and the Association of Jersey Charities. Information about the former is on its website at http://www.charity.org.gg/index.html and it can be contacted by sending electronic mail to mail@charity.org.gg. Information about the latter is on its website at http://www.jerseycharities.org/, it can be contacted by sending electronic mail to info@jerseycharities.org and its address is PO Box 356, St Helier, Jersey JE4 9YZ.
Regulation 6 provides that, where a sum is not prescribed by regulations made under section 12 of the Act, there shall be paid to OFCOM such sum as OFCOM may in the particular case determine.
Copies of the 2nd series of Landranger maps published by the Ordnance Survey, referred to in regulation 2(1), are available from the Ordnance Survey’s website at www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk.
Copies of the Office of National Statistics’ Population Estimates referred to in regulation 2(5) may be obtained from The Office for National Statistics website at www.statistics.gov.uk and The Customer Contact Centre, Office for National Statistics, Room 1.101, Government Buildings, Cardiff Road, Newport, South Wales NP10 8XG.
Copies of the Radio Regulations referred to in regulation 2(4) may be obtained from The International Telecommunication Union, Place des Nations, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland.
A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that these Regulations will have on the costs to business is available to the public from the OFCOM Library at Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA (Tel: 020 7981 3000) and on OFCOM’s web site at www.ofcom.org.uk. Copies of this assessment have also been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 2006 c.36; sections 12, 13(2) and 122(7) were extended to the Bailiwick of Guernsey by article 2 of the Wireless Telegraphy (Guernsey) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3325); and to the Bailiwick of Jersey by article 2 of the Wireless Telegraphy (Jersey) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3324); and to the Isle of Man by article 2 of the Wireless Telegraphy (Isle of Man) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/278); section 12 was amended by sections 38(1), (2) and (3) of the Digital Economy Act 2010 (c.24).
[^f00002]: S.I. 2004/3154, amended by S.I. 2006/339, 2006/1807, 2007/380, 2007/3387, 2008/688, 2008/2105 and 2008/3192
[^f00003]: The Radio Regulations are made under Article 13 of the Constitution of the International Telecommunication Union (“the ITU”); the Constitution and Convention of the ITU were adopted in Geneva in 1992 and ratified by the United Kingdom in 1994 (Cm 3145).
[^f00004]: 2010 c.13
[^f00005]: An Act of Tynwald
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