{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-direct-to-device-satellite-communications-exemption-regulations-2026/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-direct-to-device-satellite-communications-exemption-regulations-2026/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/139",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Direct to Device Satellite Communications) (Exemption) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-direct-to-device-satellite-communications-exemption-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Exemption",
  "text": "(1) Except in the situation described in paragraph (3), the establishment, installation and use of wireless telegraphy apparatus for direct to device services is exempt from the provisions of section 8(1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 where the terms, provisions and limitations in regulation 4 are met.\n(2) Direct to device services are wireless electronic communications services provided by an undertaking operating a mobile satellite system to enable terrestrial users of electronic communications to send and receive radio signals directly to and from a space station.\n(3) The situation referred to in paragraph (1) is where the wireless telegraphy apparatus is (or forms part of) a commercial multi-user gateway device.\n(4) A commercial multi-user gateway device is a device utilising more than one SIM card and onto which telephone voice calls or SMS messages for more than one end user are (or could be) diverted for onward wireless transmission utilising one (or more than one) of the SIM cards associated with the device.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 25.2.2026, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/139/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:06:05.367321+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."
}