{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-limitation-of-number-of-licences-order-2012/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/3138",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Limitation of Number of Licences) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-limitation-of-number-of-licences-order-2012",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order specifies frequencies for which the Office of Communications (“OFCOM”) will grant wireless telegraphy licences.\nArticle 2(1) provides that a limited number of licences will be granted for the use of frequencies in the specified frequency bands. Article 2(2) sets out the criteria that OFCOM will apply in determining the limit on the number of licences and the persons to whom the licences will be granted.\nA full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this Order will have on the costs to business is available to the public from the OFCOM library at Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA (Tel: 020 7981 3000) or on the OFCOM website at www.ofcom.org.uk. Copies of the impact assessment have also been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/3138/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:10:06.806225+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."
}