{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-charges-amendment-no-2-regulations-2008/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-charges-amendment-no-2-regulations-2008/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2106",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-charges-amendment-no-2-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 3",
  "text": "In regulation 3 (interpretation) in paragraph (1)—\n(a) after the definition of “earth station” insert the following definition—\n““exclusive basis” means authorised use of a channel which is not shared with any other licensee;”;\n(b) after the definition of “fixed mobile station” insert the following definitions—\n““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 2nd series of Landranger maps published by the Ordnance Survey which is considered by OFCOM to have a high proportion of the population;\n“high usage bands” mean any of UHF Band I, UHF Band II and the VHF High Band;”;\n(c) after the definition of “hub” insert the following definition—\n“large coverage area” means an area within which wireless telegraphy is authorised under a licence condition permitting—\n(a) effective radiated power of transmission greater than 5 Watts where antenna height is greater than 10 metres;\n(b) effective radiated power of transmission less than or equal to 5 Watts where antenna height is greater than 30 metres; or\n(c) transmission within a circular area which has a radius greater than 15 kilometres but less than or equal to 30 kilometres;”;\n(d) after the definition of “licensee” insert the following definitions—\n““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 2nd series of Landranger maps published by the Ordnance Survey which is considered by OFCOM to have a low proportion of the population;\n“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;\n“medium coverage area” means an area within which wireless telegraphy is authorised under a licence condition permitting—\n(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;\n(b) effective radiated power of transmission greater than 5 Watts where antenna height is less than or equal to 10 metres; or\n(c) transmission within a circular area which has a radius greater than 3 kilometres but less than or equal to 15 kilometres;\n“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 2nd series of Landranger maps published by the Ordnance Survey which is considered by OFCOM to have a medium proportion of the population;\n“medium usage bands” mean VHF Band III and the VHF Mid Band;”;\n(e) after the definition of “prescribed time” insert the following definition—\n““shared basis” means authorised use of a channel which is shared with another licensee;”\n(f) after the definition of “slot” insert the following definition—\n““small coverage area” means an area within which wireless telegraphy is authorised under a licence condition permitting—\n(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\n(b) transmission within a circular area which is less than or equal to 3 kilometres;”; and\n(g) after the definition of “UHF Band II” insert the following definitions—\n““VHF Band I” means that part of the radio frequency spectrum between 55.75 MHz and 68.0 MHz;\n“VHF Band III” means that part of the radio frequency spectrum between 177.20625 MHz and 207.49375 MHz;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2106/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:25:50.955848+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."
}