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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-apparatus-approval-test-fees-order-1988/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1949",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus (Approval) (Test Fees) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-apparatus-approval-test-fees-order-1988",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order provides for the charging of fees for tests of wireless telegraphy apparatus to MPT Performance Specifications conducted on behalf of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry for the purposes of determining applications for type approval under section 84 of the Telecommunications Act 1984.\nApparatus in respect of which type approval has been applied for may be required to comply with one or several MPT Performance Specifications. The fees provided for in this Order are payable in respect of each such test, or specified combinations of tests.\nTests on behalf of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry are generally conducted at the Radio Technology Laboratory (Kenley), Whyteleafe Hill, Whyteleafe, Surrey CR3 0YY.\nFor many MPT Performance Specifications, tests acceptable for the purposes of application for type approval may be conducted by certain non-governmental laboratories. The fees in respect of such tests are not covered by this Order, but rather are set by those laboratories themselves.\nMPT Performance Specifications may be obtained free of charge from the Radio Technology Laboratory, or from the Librarian, Radiocommunications Division, The Department of Trade and Industry, Waterloo Bridge House, Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UA.\nValue added tax is payable by the Secretary of State on the test charges set out in this Order pursuant to a Direction of the Treasury under section 27(2) and (3) of the Value Added Tax Act 1983 (c. 55) made on 27th March 1985. The Direction came into force on 1st April 1985 and was published in the London Gazette on 17th May 1985. The relevant provision is under“Department of Trade and Industry” (paragraph 42 in Column 1 of the Direction) at item 9 in Column 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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