{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-recognised-spectrum-access-for-satellite-receive-only-earth-stations-regulations-2011/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-recognised-spectrum-access-for-satellite-receive-only-earth-stations-regulations-2011/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2763",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Recognised Spectrum Access for Satellite Receive-Only Earth Stations) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-recognised-spectrum-access-for-satellite-receive-only-earth-stations-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Circumstances of use",
  "text": "The circumstances of the use of a wireless telegraphy station or wireless telegraphy apparatus, specified for the purpose of section 18(1)(b) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006, are circumstances where the station or apparatus—\n(a) is inherently incapable of transmission; and\n(b) operates—\n(i) within the frequency band listed in Schedule 1 to provide a fixed satellite service; ...\n(ii) within either of the frequency bands listed in Schedule 2 to provide a meteorological satellite service ; or\n(iii) within the frequency band listed in Schedule 3 to provide either an earth exploration satellite service or a space research service.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 3(b)(i) omitted (10.7.2015) by virtue of The Wireless Telegraphy (Recognised Spectrum Access for Satellite Receive-Only Earth Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1397), regs. 1, 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 3(b)(ii): semicolon substituted for full stop (10.7.2015) by The Wireless Telegraphy (Recognised Spectrum Access for Satellite Receive-Only Earth Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1397), regs. 1, 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 3(b)(ii) inserted (10.7.2015) by The Wireless Telegraphy (Recognised Spectrum Access for Satellite Receive-Only Earth Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1397), regs. 1, 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 3(b)(iii) inserted (10.7.2015) by The Wireless Telegraphy (Recognised Spectrum Access for Satellite Receive-Only Earth Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1397), regs. 1, 4(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 12.12.2011, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2763/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:50:01.524021+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."
}