# The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 1999, Regulation 4: Licence charges and time of payment


(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) of this regulation and to regulations 5 and 7, the sum which is to be paid to the Secretary of State by the licensee under section 1 of the 1998 Act–
(a) on the issue or renewal of the licence; and
(b) at such times thereafter (if any) as are prescribed times in relation to licences of that class,
shall be, in relation to licences of a class listed in Schedule 2–
(i) the fixed sum specified; or
(ii) the variable sum determined in accordance with the criteria specified,
in respect of issue, renewal, or the prescribed time, as the case may be, for the licences of that class in the said Schedule (“the prescribed sum”).
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where an interval of time for payment is specified in Schedule 2 in relation to any class of licence therein listed, the first day after expiry of each successive interval of time (the first interval having begun with the date of issue or renewal as the case may be), such day not being a time at which the licence falls to be renewed, shall be the prescribed time (“the prescribed time”) at which the prescribed sum is to be paid to the Secretary of State under section 1 of the 1998 Act.
(3) Subject to the provisions in Schedule 2 relating to a Point to Multi-point Services Licence, a Point to Point Fixed Links Licence, a Programme Making and Special Events Fixed Site Licence, a Programme Making and Special Events Link Licence, a Programme Making and Special Events Low Power Licence and a Scanning Telemetry Licence, a licence granted under section 1 of the 1949 Act may be issued or renewed (as the case may be) for a period less than a year in which event the sum payable shall be such sum as represents one-twelfth of the prescribed sum multiplied by the number of complete calendar months to the next anniversary of the issue or renewal of the licence, and the prescribed time in respect of such licence shall be construed accordingly.
(4) Where the sum payable in accordance with paragraph (3) represents a fraction of a whole pound sterling then such sum shall be rounded up to the nearest whole pound sterling.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1774/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-charges-regulations-1999/regulation-4
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