Regulation 3 Amendment of regulation 3

after the definition of “earth station” insert the following definition—

““exclusive basis” means authorised use of a channel which is not shared with any other licensee;”;

after the definition of “fixed mobile station” insert the following definitions—

““high population area” means such part of the British Islands being an area listed in Schedule 9 and identified by reference to a grid square of the 2^nd series of Landranger maps published by the Ordnance Survey which is considered by OFCOM to have a high proportion of the population;

“high usage bands” mean any of UHF Band I, UHF Band II and the VHF High Band;”;

after the definition of “hub” insert the following definition—

“large coverage area” means an area within which wireless telegraphy is authorised under a licence condition permitting—

(a)

effective radiated power of transmission greater than 5 Watts where antenna height is greater than 10 metres;

(b)

effective radiated power of transmission less than or equal to 5 Watts where antenna height is greater than 30 metres; or

(c)

transmission within a circular area which has a radius greater than 15 kilometres but less than or equal to 30 kilometres;”;

after the definition of “licensee” insert the following definitions—

““low population area” means such part of the British Islands being an area listed in Schedule 9 and identified by reference to a grid square of the 2^nd series of Landranger maps published by the Ordnance Survey which is considered by OFCOM to have a low proportion of the population;

“low usage bands” mean the 133 kHz – 147 kHz band, the 26.225 MHz band, the 49.49375 MHz band, VHF Band I and VHF Low Band;

“medium coverage area” means an area within which wireless telegraphy is authorised under a licence condition permitting—

(a)

effective radiated power of transmission less than or equal to 5 Watts where antenna height is greater than 10 metres and less than or equal to 30 metres;

(b)

effective radiated power of transmission greater than 5 Watts where antenna height is less than or equal to 10 metres; or

(c)

transmission within a circular area which has a radius greater than 3 kilometres but less than or equal to 15 kilometres;

“medium population area” means such part of the British Islands being an area listed in Schedule 9 and identified by reference to a grid square of the 2^nd series of Landranger maps published by the Ordnance Survey which is considered by OFCOM to have a medium proportion of the population;

“medium usage bands” mean VHF Band III and the VHF Mid Band;”;

after the definition of “prescribed time” insert the following definition—

““shared basis” means authorised use of a channel which is shared with another licensee;”

after the definition of “slot” insert the following definition—

““small coverage area” means an area within which wireless telegraphy is authorised under a licence condition permitting—

(a)

effective radiated power of transmissions less than or equal to 5 Watts where antenna height is less than or equal to 10 metres; or

(b)

transmission within a circular area which is less than or equal to 3 kilometres;”; and

after the definition of “UHF Band II” insert the following definitions—

““VHF Band I” means that part of the radio frequency spectrum between 55.75 MHz and 68.0 MHz;

“VHF Band III” means that part of the radio frequency spectrum between 177.20625 MHz and 207.49375 MHz;”.