{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-cordless-telephone-apparatus-exemption-regulations-1996/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-cordless-telephone-apparatus-exemption-regulations-1996/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/316",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Cordless Telephone Apparatus) (Exemption) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-cordless-telephone-apparatus-exemption-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 1984 Act” means the Telecommunications Act 1984;\n“apparatus” means wireless telegraphy apparatus;\n“authorised person” means any person authorised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of regulation 6;\n“common technical regulation” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 3(3) of the Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Regulations 1992;\n“data message” means a non-voice message;\n“EN45001 and EN45002” means European Standards (Normes Europeene) EN45001 and 45002 published in 1989 by the British Standards Institution;\n“ETSI” means the European Telecommunications Standards Institute;\n“ISO guides 25 and 38” means the International Organization for Standardization Guides 25 and 38 published by the International Organization for Standardization in 1990 and 1993 respectively;\n“MPTs 1322, 1334 and 1371” means Department of Trade and Industry Performance Specifications 1322, 1334 and 1371 referred to in Part I of Schedule 3;\n“public switched telephone network” means a public telecommunication system by means of which two-way voice telephony services are provided whereby messages are switched incidentally to their conveyance;\n“relevant apparatus” means any station or apparatus described in Schedule 2; and\n“station” means a station for wireless telegraphy.\n(2) In these Regulations, “connected”, “convey”, “telecommunication apparatus”,“telecommunication service” and “telecommunication system” shall be construed in accordance with section 4 of the 1984 Act, and “public telecommunication system” shall be construed in accordance with section 9(1) of the 1984 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/2423, amended and extended by S.I. 1994/3129."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "ETSI was set up in 1988 on the joint initiative of the European Commission and the European Postal and Telecommunications Conference (CEPT)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/316/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:52:30.199764+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."
}