Regulation 2
The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 1995f1 are hereby amended as follows:
in regulation 3(4), for sub-paragraphs (a), (d) and (f) there shall be substituted respectively the following sub-paragraphs:
“(a)“area” in relation to a channel means a channel specified in such licence which the licensee may use in an area with a population coverage of 200,000 individuals or more but below 2 million individuals;”;
“(d)“premium case” means a case where at the applicant’s request such licence is granted or varied outside office hours; and for the purposes of this definition “office hours” means 09.00 to 17.00 hours from Monday to Friday other than on a day which is a bank holiday in England and Wales;”; and
“(f)“regional” in relation to a channel means a channel specified in such licence which the licensee is authorised to use in an area with a population coverage of 2 million individuals or more but below 12 million individuals;”;
in regulation 3(4), there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraphs:
“(ea)“programme making” includes the making of a programme for broadcast, the making of a film, presentation, advertisement or audio or video tape, and the staging or performance of an entertainment, sporting or other public event;”;
“(eb)“programme sound link” in relation to a channel means a channel used to transmit the material produced in programme making from a fixed transmission station to a fixed receiving station;”; and
“(ga)“restricted service programme sound link” in relation to a channel means a channel used to transmit the material produced in programme making from a fixed transmission station to a fixed receiving station where the transmission is for a period not exceeding thirty consecutive days;”;
in regulation 4(2), the words “such day not being a time at which the licence falls to be renewed,” shall be inserted between the words “as the case may be),” and the words “shall be the prescribed time”; and
in Schedule 4, the provisions in the Schedule to these Regulations shall be substituted for the provisions relating to the categories headed “Broadcasting and Ancillary Services” and “Hobby Radio”.