{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-charges-amendment-regulations-1996/schedule-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-charges-amendment-regulations-1996/schedule-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1464",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-charges-amendment-regulations-1996",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The prescribed sum in respect of the issue or renewal of the licence and in respect of the prescribed time:\nThe prescribed time:\nClass of licence\nFixed sums\nVariable sums\nInterval of time for payment\nPublic Mobile Communications\nCommon Base Station Operator\nFor each channel designated for use within the defined coverage area of the licensed common base station service\ntier 3\nYearly\nPublic Mobile Operator\n105–170 MHz\n450–470 MHz\n(for public wide area paging)\nFor each national channel\ntier 7\nYearly\nFor each regional channel subject to a maximum of tier 7 where the channel is licensed to the same licensee in more than one location\ntier 6\n105–165 MHz\n174–208 MHz\n420–470 MHz\n(for public mobile data, non-voice only operation)\nFor each channel\ntier 6\nYearly\n174–208 MHz\n410–430 MHz\n(for public access mobile radio)\nFor each national channel\ntier 6\nYearly\nFor each regional channel subject to a maximum of tier 6 where the channel is licensed to the same licensee in more than one location:\nuntil the second anniversary of the issue of the licence\ntier 3\non the second and each subsequent anniversary of the issue of the licence\ntier 4\n872.0–888.0 MHz\n890.0–905.0 MHz\n917.0–933.0 MHz\n935.0–950.0 MHz\n(for cellular radiotelephones)\nFor each channel\ntier 5\nYearly\n905.0–915.0 MHz\n950.0–960.0 MHz\n(for digital cellular radiotelephones)\nFor each channel:\nYearly\nuntil the fifth anniversary of the issue of the licence\ntier 3\non the fifth and each subsequent anniversary of the issue of the licence\ntier 5\n1710.0–1785.0 MHz\n1805.0–1880.0 MHz\n(for digital cellular PCN radiotelephones)\nFor each channel:\nYearly\nuntil the fourth anniversary of the issue of the licence\ntier 1\non the fourth anniversary of the issue of the licence\ntier 2\non the fifth anniversary of the issue of the licence\ntier 3\non the sixth anniversary of the issue of the licence\ntier 4\non the seventh and each subsequent anniversary of the issue of the licence\ntier 5",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1464/schedule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:42:31.616118+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."
}