Explanatory note

This Order amends the Wireless Telegraphy (Limitation of Number of Licences) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1902) (“the principal Order”) which specifies the frequencies allocated by OFCOM for different uses, the criteria relating to persons to whom wireless telegraphy licences may be granted, and the criteria limiting the number of such licences.

Article 2 of this Order amends the principal Order to reflect changes in the wireless telegraphy licence classes which are now available and changes have been made in respect of the following uses of spectrum:

Copies of the publications referred to in the Schedule are available from OFCOM at Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA and available on the OFCOM website at http://www.ofcom.org.uk except in the case of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, referred to in paragraph 20 of the Schedule, which is available from the International Civil Aviation Organization, Document Sales Unit, 999 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3C 5H7, Canada or on the ICAO website at http://icao.int.

A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect of this Order is available from the OFCOM information centre at Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA, telephone 202 7981 3000 or on the OFCOM website at http://www.ofcom.org.uk. Copies of the regulatory impact assessment have also been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.