{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-citizens-band-and-amateur-apparatus-various-provisions-amendment-order-1995/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-citizens-band-and-amateur-apparatus-various-provisions-amendment-order-1995/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2588",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Citizens' Band and Amateur Apparatus) (Various Provisions) (Amendment) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-citizens-band-and-amateur-apparatus-various-provisions-amendment-order-1995",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Wireless Telegraphy (Citizens' Band and Amateur Apparatus) (Various Provisions) Order 1988",
  "text": "For paragraph (1) of article 3 of the principal Order there shall be substituted the following—\n“(1) No person shall take any of the actions listed in paragraph (3) of this article in relation to CB apparatus unless:—\n(a) the CB apparatus operates in the frequency band 27.59625– 27.99625 MHz and—\n(i) prior to 1st January 1996 either—\n(aa) complies with the requirements of MPT 1320; or\n(bb) is approved for the time being by the Secretary of State under section 84 of the 1984 Act for the purposes of this Order; and\n(ii) on or after 1st January 1996 complies with the requirement specified in article 3(1)(a)(i)(bb) provided that a person may have CB apparatus in his custody or control, which complies with the requirements of MPT 1320, if it was manufactured prior to 1st January 1996; or\n(b) the CB apparatus operates in the frequency band 26.960– 27.410 MHz and complies with ETS 300 135 by either—\n(i) being approved for the time being by the Secretary of State under section 84 of the 1984 Act for the purposes of this Order; or\n(ii) being approved to ETS 300 135 by the national administration of a country listed in Part II of Schedule 2 following type testing at a test laboratory, which has been accredited in accordance with ISO guides 25 and 38 or EN45001 and EN45002 or a national standard conforming to ISO guides 25 and 38 or EN45001 and EN45002,\nprovided that a person may have CB apparatus in his custody or control, which operates in the frequency band 26.960 – 27.410 MHz and complies with the requirements of MPT 1333 by being approved for the time being by the Secretary of State under section 84 of the 1984 Act for the purposes of this Order, if it was manufactured prior to the date of the coming into force of this Order.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2588/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:00:33.500369+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."
}