Regulation 5 Second exemptionI1

United Kingdom

(1)

The establishment or installation of equipment in a vehicle and the use of equipment so established or installed is also exempt from the provisions of section 8(1) of the Act where the terms, provisions and limitations in this regulation are met.

F1(2)

The establishment or installation must be in a vehicle which was registered, placed on the market or put into service—

(a)

in the European Union during the period starting on 1 July 2013 and ending immediately before IP completion day; or

(b)

in the United Kingdom or in the European Union F2during the period starting on IP completion day and ending on 24th March 2023,

or must be in a vehicle in which equipment was so established or installed in order to replace that equipment.

(3)

Equipment must—

(a)

only operate when the vehicle in which it is established or installed is active;

(b)

only operate in the frequency band between 24.25 gigahertz and 26.65 gigahertz; and

(c)

not cause undue interference to other users of the frequency band between 24.25 gigahertz and 26.65 gigahertz.

(4)

Transmissions from any ultra wide band part of the equipment at frequencies between 24.25 gigahertz and 26.65 gigahertz must have a mean power density no greater than -41.3 dBm/MHz eirp and a peak power density no greater than 0 dBm in any 50 megahertz.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 5(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Wireless Telegraphy (Automotive Short Range Radar) (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1583), regs. 1, 2(2)
F2: Words in reg. 5(2)(b) substituted (23.3.2023) by The Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/243), regs. 1, 3

Commencement

I1: Reg. 5 in force at 30.6.2013, see reg. 1