{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-exemption-regulations-2021/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-exemption-regulations-2021/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2021/493",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-exemption-regulations-2021",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Personal locator beacons",
  "text": "The use of wireless telegraphy apparatus in the frequency band 406 to 406.1 megahertz complying with the interface requirements which form part of the publication “IR 2084 – UK Interface Requirement 2084 Cospas-Sarsat locator beacons for use on land”, published by OFCOM in June 2021, is exempt from the provisions of section 8(1) of the Act, if—\n(a) it does not cause or contribute to any undue interference to any wireless telegraphy;\n(b) use is not airborne; and\n(c) it is not used on board a ship.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7 substituted (30.8.2021) by The Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/948), regs. 1, 3(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 in force at 12.5.2021, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/493/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:14:35.515952+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."
}