{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-citizens-band-and-amateur-apparatus-various-provisions-order-1988/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-citizens-band-and-amateur-apparatus-various-provisions-order-1988/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1215",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Citizens' Band and Amateur Apparatus) (Various Provisions) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-citizens-band-and-amateur-apparatus-various-provisions-order-1988",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Restriction on dealings and custody",
  "text": "(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 only on one or more of the frequencies specified in paragraph 1.3 of MPT 1320 or paragraph 1.3 of Part A of MPT 1333;\n(b) the CB apparatus complies with the requirements specified in Schedule 1 to this Order; and\n(c) CB apparatus which operates on any of the frequencies specified in paragraph 1.3 of Part A of MPT 1333 is approved for the time being by the Secretary of State under section 84 of the 1984 Act for the purposes of this Order.\n(2) No person shall take any of the actions listed in sub-paragraphs (3)(a) and (d) of this article in relation to wireless telegraphy apparatus designed or adapted for the purpose of transmitting messages in the frequency band 28 MHz to 29.7 MHz and in no other frequency band.\n(3) The actions restricted by this article are:—\n(a) manufacture (whether or not for sale);\n(b) selling or offering for sale, letting on hire or offering to let on hire, or indicating (whether by display of the apparatus or by any form of advertisement) one’s willingness to sell or let on hire;\n(c) having in one’s custody or control; and\n(d) importation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/2588",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Citizens' Band and Amateur Apparatus) (Various Provisions) (Amendment) Order 1995"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1215/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:03:37.120580+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."
}