{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-charges-regulations-2020/schedule-15/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-charges-regulations-2020/schedule-15/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1068",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-charges-regulations-2020",
  "path": "schedule/15/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The formula is—\nwhere—\n“S” means the sum;\n“RR” means a reference rate of £3,300, being the fee payable for an authorisation under a licence for use of a 8.33 kHz channel over a surface area of 71,000 square nautical miles;\n“SA” means 71,000, being the number corresponding to the surface area (in square nautical miles) of the United Kingdom;\n“π” means 3.142;\n“h” means the number corresponding to the height (in feet) of the designated operational coverage specified in the licence granted to the licensee; and\n“r” means the number corresponding to the radius (in nautical miles) of a circle of equivalent area to the designated operational coverage specified in the licence.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 15 para. 2 in force at 21.10.2020, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1068/schedule/15/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:24:56.337900+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."
}