Regulation 5 Concessionary licence charges

—This regulation applies where a relevant licence is granted to an applicant, or held by a licensee, which—

such applicant or licensee being hereinafter referred to as “a qualifying charity”.

The sum to be paid by a qualifying charity to the Secretary of State under section 2(1) of the Act on the issue or renewal of a relevant licence, and at each of the prescribed times (if any), as the case may be, shall be one half of the prescribed sum.

In this regulation—

• “charity” means a person who—

  1. (a)

     being subject to the laws of England and Wales, or Scotland, or Northern Ireland, is a charity within the meaning of section 506(1) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988^f1;

  2. (b)

     being subject to the laws of the Isle of Man, is registered as a charity under the Charities Registration Act 1989^f2;

  3. (c)

     being subject to the laws of Guernsey, is a member for the time being of the Association of Guernsey Charities; or

  4. (d)

     being subject to the laws of Jersey, is a member for the time being of the Association of Jersey Charities; and

• “relevant licence” means a licence of one of the following classes:—

  1. (a)

     Maritime Coastal Station;

  2. (b)

     Private Mobile Radio (Standard);

  3. (c)

     Private Wide Area Paging and;

  4. (d)

     Ship Radio.