The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

S.I. 1996/1464 · Made 4 June 1996

TELEGRAPHS

Made 4th June 1996

Laid before Parliament 6th June 1996

Coming into force 1st July 1996

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949^f1, and now vested in him^f2, the power conferred on him by article 8 of the Department of Trade and Industry (Fees) Order 1988^f3, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby, with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1: 1949 c. 54; section 2 was extended to the Channel Islands by S.I. 1952/1900, amended by S.I. 1967/1279 and S.I. 1969/1369, and to the Isle of Man by S.I. 1952/1899; there are amendments to section 2 not relevant to these Regulations.
f2: Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), section 3; S.I. 1969/1369, article 3; S.I. 1969/1371, article 2; S.I. 1974/691, article 2.
f3: S.I. 1988/93, which was made under section 102 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51).

1Regulation 1
2Regulation 2
Signature
Schedule 1Fee Scale for Public Mobile Communications Licences
Schedule 2Schedule 2
Explanatory note

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st July 1996.

2

The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Regulations) 1995^f1 are hereby amended as follows:

(a)

for the table in Schedule 3, there shall be substituted the table set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and

(b)

for the provisions in Schedule 4 relating to the category headed “Public Mobile Radio”, there shall be substituted the provisions relating to the category headed “Public Mobile Communications” set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Signature

Ian Taylor,

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Technology,

Department of Trade and Industry

31st May 1996

We consent to these Regulations

Derek Conway,

Bowen Wells,

Two of the Lord Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

4th June 1996

Schedule 1Fee Scale for Public Mobile Communications Licences

	Fee applicable to Channel widths
	5/6.25 kHz	12.5 kHz	25 kHz	200 kHz
Tier	£	£	£	£
1	225	450	900	7200
2	280	565	1125	9000
3	340	675	1350	10800
4	395	790	1575	12600
5	450	900	1800	14400
6	900	1800	3600	—
7	1350	2700	5400	—

Schedule 2

	The prescribed sum in respect of the issue or renewal of the licence and in respect of the prescribed time:			The prescribed time:
Class of licence	Fixed sums	Variable sums		Interval of time for payment
Public Mobile Communications
Common Base Station Operator		For each channel designated for use within the defined coverage area of the licensed common base station service	tier 3	Yearly
Public Mobile Operator
105–170 MHz 450–470 MHz (for public wide area paging)		For each national channel	tier 7	Yearly
105–170 MHz 450–470 MHz (for public wide area paging)		For each regional channel subject to a maximum of tier 7 where the channel is licensed to the same licensee in more than one location	tier 6	Yearly
105–165 MHz 174–208 MHz 420–470 MHz (for public mobile data, non-voice only operation)		For each channel	tier 6	Yearly
174–208 MHz 410–430 MHz (for public access mobile radio)		For each national channel	tier 6	Yearly
		For each regional channel subject to a maximum of tier 6 where the channel is licensed to the same licensee in more than one location:
		until the second anniversary of the issue of the licence	tier 3
		on the second and each subsequent anniversary of the issue of the licence	tier 4
872.0–888.0 MHz 890.0–905.0 MHz 917.0–933.0 MHz 935.0–950.0 MHz (for cellular radiotelephones)		For each channel	tier 5	Yearly
905.0–915.0 MHz 950.0–960.0 MHz (for digital cellular radiotelephones)		For each channel:		Yearly
		until the fifth anniversary of the issue of the licence	tier 3
		on the fifth and each subsequent anniversary of the issue of the licence	tier 5
1710.0–1785.0 MHz 1805.0–1880.0 MHz (for digital cellular PCN radiotelephones)		For each channel:		Yearly
		until the fourth anniversary of the issue of the licence	tier 1
		on the fourth anniversary of the issue of the licence	tier 2
		on the fifth anniversary of the issue of the licence	tier 3
		on the sixth anniversary of the issue of the licence	tier 4
		on the seventh and each subsequent anniversary of the issue of the licence	tier 5

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1331) by varying the fees payable in relation to wireless telegraphy licences granted under section 1 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (c. 54) in the category headed Public Mobile Communications (formerly Public Mobile Radio).