{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-charges-regulations-2002/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1700",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-charges-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Licence charges and time of payment",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) to (5) 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—\n(a) on the issue or renewal of the licence; and\n(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—\n(i) the fixed sum specified; or\n(ii) the variable sum determined in accordance with the criteria specified,\nin respect of issue, or renewal of or, as the case may be, the prescribed time, for the licences of that class in the said Schedule (“the prescribed sum”).\n(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 time at which the prescribed sum is to be paid to the Secretary of State under section 1 of the 1998 Act (“the prescribed time”) shall be 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.\n(3) Subject to the provisions in Schedule 2 relating to a Programme Making and Special Events Fixed Site Licence, a Programme Making and Special Events Link Licence, a Programme Making and a Special Events Low Power Licence, where a licence granted under section 1 of the 1949 Act is issued or renewed (as the case may be) for a period less than a year, the sum payable shall be such sum as represents one-twelfth of the prescribed sum multiplied by the number of complete and part-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 determined accordingly.\n(4) The sum payable in accordance with paragraph (3) shall not be less than £20 (except in relation to a Permanent Earth Station Licence when the said sum shall not be less than £175), and where such sum represents a fraction of a whole pound sterling then such sum shall be rounded up to the nearest pound sterling.\n(5) Paragraph (3) shall only apply to a licence in respect of which the fee otherwise payable for such licence is greater than £75 per annum.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev in pt (Channel Islands and the Isle of Man)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/2984",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "am (Channel Islands and the Isle of Man)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/2984",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/2983",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev in pt",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/2983",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1700/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:53:42.097423+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."
}