Regulation 4 Exemption

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 4(2) substituted by Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) 2016 reg. 4(1)
reg. 4(5) inserted by Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) 2016 reg. 4(2)
reg 4 ext in pt (31.1.2006) by Wireless Telegraphy (Inspection and Restrictions on Use of Exempt Stations and Apparatus) 2005 reg 4(1)(b)
reg. 4(3)(d) revoked by Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption and Amendment) 2010 Sch.
reg. 4(4)(c) revoked by Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption and Amendment) 2010 Sch.
reg. 4 words substituted by Communications Act 2003 (Consequential Amendments) 2003 Sch. 1 para. 51(2)(a)-(c)
reg 4 am by Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) 2006 reg 4

(1)

Subject to regulation 5, the establishment, installation and use of the relevant apparatus are hereby exempted from the provisions of section 1(1) of the 1949 Act.

(2)

With the exception of relevant apparatus operating in the frequency bands specified in paragraph (3), the exemption in paragraph (1) shall not apply to relevant apparatus which is established, installed or used to provide or to be capable of providing a wireless telegraphy link between telecommunication apparatus or a telecommunication system and other such apparatus or system, by means of which a telecommunication service is provided by way of business to another person.

(3)

The frequency bands specified for the purposes of paragraph (2) are—

(a)

2400.0 to 2483.5 MHz;

(b)

5150 to 5350 MHz;

(c)

5470 to 5725 MHz;

(d)

57.1 to 58.9 GHz.

(4)

The exemption provided in the case of relevant apparatus operating in the frequency bands specified in paragraph (3) shall not apply unless such apparatus complies with the appropriate following Interface Requirement—

(a)

in the case of the frequency band specified at sub-paragraph (a), IR 2005—UK Radio Interface Requirement for Wideband Transmission Systems operating in the 2.4 GHz ISM Band and Using Spread Spectrum Modulation Techniques, published in December 2000;

(b)

in the case of the frequency bands specified at sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), IR 2006—UK Radio Interface Requirement for Short Range, Broadband, Data Services (High Performance RLAN) operating in the frequency range 5150–5725 MHz, published in October 2002;

(c)

in the case of the frequency band specified at sub-paragraph (d), IR 2000—UK Radio Interface Requirement for Point-to-point radio-relay systems operating in specified frequency bands, published in February 2002.