{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006/section-58",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006/section-58.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/36",
  "legislation_title": "Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006",
  "path": "section/58",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "58",
  "heading": "Contravening notice under section 55 or 56",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) he uses apparatus, or causes or permits apparatus to be used, knowing that a notice under section 55 is in force with respect to it; and\n(b) the use of the apparatus contravenes the notice.\n(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction—\n(a) if the offence is one that falls within subsection (6), to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale;\n(b) otherwise, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(3) In the application of subsection (2) to Scotland or Northern Ireland, paragraph (a) has effect as if for the words “to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale” there were substituted “ to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both ”.\n(4) A person commits an offence if he contravenes the provisions of a notice given to him under section 56 (unless the notice has previously been revoked by OFCOM).\n(5) A person who commits an offence under subsection (4) is liable on summary conviction—\n(a) if the offence is one that falls within subsection (6), to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale;\n(b) otherwise, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(6) An offence falls within this subsection if it involves or consists in a contravention of a notice under section 55 or 56 in relation to apparatus the use of which is likely to cause undue interference with wireless telegraphy used—\n(a) for the purpose of a safety of life service; or\n(b) for a purpose on which the safety of a person, or of a ship, aircraft or vehicle, may depend.",
  "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/58",
    "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."
}