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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006/section-95",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006/section-95.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/36",
  "legislation_title": "Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006",
  "path": "section/95",
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  "number": "95",
  "heading": "Part 5: interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“British-registered” means registered in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands;\n“broadcast” means a broadcast by wireless telegraphy of sounds or visual images intended for general reception (whether or not the sounds or images are actually received by anyone), but does not include a broadcast consisting in a message or signal sent in connection with navigation or for the purpose of securing safety;\n“designated area” has the meaning given by section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c. 29);\n“external waters” means the whole of the sea adjacent to the United Kingdom that is within the seaward limits of UK territorial sea;\n“the high seas” means seas that are not within the seaward limits of UK territorial sea or of the territorial waters adjacent to a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.\n(2) For the purposes of this Part references to a “British person” are references to—\n(a) a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen;\n(b) a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) is a British subject; or\n(c) a British protected person within the meaning given by section 50(1) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/36/section/95",
    "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."
}