Regulation 2 Repeal and disapplication

(1)

Section 12A of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949^f1 and section 78 of the Telecommunications Act 1984^f2 are hereby repealed.

(2)

The regulations made under section 10^f3 of the said Act of 1949 listed in Schedule 1hereto, to the extent that they impose electromagnetic compatibility requirements whichmust be complied with if relevant apparatus is to be supplied, used or taken into service, are hereby disapplied^f4: provided that nothing in these Regulations shall disapply the said regulations to the extent that they impose requirements concerning radio frequency spectrum planning or the implementation of Community obligations.

(3)

For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that nothing in paragraph (2) above affects—

(a)

the applicability of the regulations so listed to the use in service of relevant apparatus; or

(b)

the power to make regulations under the said section 10 applying to such use.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1949 c. 54; section 12A was inserted by section 78 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12). The power to make regulations under section 12A was never exercised, nor was the section extended to the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.
f2: 1984 c. 12.
f3: Section 10 was amended by section 89 of 1984 c. 12.
f4: Certain of the regulations made under section 10 apply to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. These Regulations do not apply to those islands and thus nothing herein affects the application of those regulations thereto.