{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006/section-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006/section-39.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/36",
  "legislation_title": "Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006",
  "path": "section/39",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Contravention of terms, etc",
  "text": "(1) Where OFCOM determine that there are reasonable grounds for believing that a person is contravening, or has contravened—\n(a) a term, provision or limitation of a wireless telegraphy licence, or\n(b) a term, provision or limitation of an exemption under section 8(3),\nthey may give that person a notification under this section.\n(2) A notification under this section—\n(a) sets out the determination made by OFCOM;\n(b) specifies the term, provision or limitation, and the contravention, in respect of which that determination has been made; and\n(c) specifies the period during which the person notified has an opportunity of making representations.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 39(2)(c) substituted (26.5.2011) by The Electronic Communications and Wireless Telegraphy Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1210), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 13(a) (with Sch. 3 para. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 39(3)-(8) omitted (26.5.2011) by virtue of The Electronic Communications and Wireless Telegraphy Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1210), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 13(b) (with Sch. 3 para. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/36/section/39",
    "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."
}