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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-charges-regulations-1999/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1774",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-charges-regulations-1999",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations provide for fees to be paid in relation to wireless telegraphy licences granted under section 1 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (c. 54).\nThe Regulations revoke and replace the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1331) as amended by the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1464), the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1006), the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1885), the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/460), the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1567), the Wireless Telegraphy (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1703) and the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2210).\nThe Regulations change the structure of charging and the level of fees prescribed for certain licence classes, namely the Common Base Station Operator, Point to Point Fixed Links, On-Site Private Business Radio and Public Mobile Operator Licences. In addition, these Regulations introduce the National and Regional Private Business Radio, Radio Fixed Access Operator, Remote Meter Reading Operator and Wide Area Private Business Radio licence classes.\nIn accordance with the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1998 (c. 6), fees for the above licence classes are now generally based on the level of congestion of the radio frequency spectrum rather than the recovery of costs incurred by the Secretary of State in connection with the licences. The degree of congestion of an area in the British Islands in relation to a particular licence is identified by the National Grid References set out in Schedules 3 to 6. Copies of the 2nd series of Landranger maps containing the National Grid References may be obtained from the Ordnance Survey, Romsey Road, Southampton SO16 4GU.\nCopies of the documents “Office of National Statistics Population and Health Monitor (PPI 96/2)”, “Mid-1995 Population Estimates Scotland” and “Annual Report of the Registrar General for Northern Ireland” referred to in regulation 3(5) may be obtained from The Stationery Office, Publications Centre, P.O. Box 276, London SW8 5DT.\nThe Regulations permit licences to be issued or renewed for periods of less than a year (regulation 4(3)).\nThe Fixed Links licence class has been renamed the Point to Point Fixed Links Licence, and the previous provisions to self-manage an exclusive allocation of spectrum relating to new frequency bands in this class at a 50 per cent discount of the licence fee have been removed. The Short Range Business Radio licence class has also been removed.\nThe Regulations extend the range of licences for which qualifying charities can claim a fee discount. In providing for concessionary fees for these charities the Regulations refer to the Association of Guernsey Charities and the Association of Jersey Charities. The addresses of these Associations are c/o Guernsey Chamber of Commerce, States Arcade, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, and c/o Dover House, Domaine des Vaux, St. Lawrence, Jersey respectively (regulation 5).\nA full regulatory impact assessment report of the effect that these Regulations would have on the costs of business is available to the public from the Radiocommunications Agency Library or on the Agency’s Internet site at www.open.gov.uk/radiocom/.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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