{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006/section-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006/section-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/36",
  "legislation_title": "Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Surrender of licence",
  "text": "(1) Where a wireless telegraphy licence has expired or has been revoked, it is the duty of—\n(a) the person to whom the licence was granted, and\n(b) any other person in whose possession or under whose control the licence may be,\nto cause it to be surrendered to OFCOM if required by them to do so.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a licence that relates solely to receiving apparatus.\n(3) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) he has a duty under subsection (1) to cause a wireless telegraphy licence to be surrendered to OFCOM; and\n(b) without reasonable excuse he fails or refuses to do so.\n(4) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/36/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:06.331080+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}