Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Wireless Telegraphy (Short Range Devices) (Exemption) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/1591), which provide for the exemption from the licensing requirements of section 1(1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 of various short range devices.

The Regulations provide that the exemption shall not apply to certain short range devices forming part of a public telecommunication system (regulation 4).

The Regulations extend the range of frequencies on which Fixed Alarms and Mobile and Transportable Alarms may operate to include the frequency which formerly appeared under the category in the Schedule dealing with Marine Alarms. The latter category has been deleted (regulation 5).

The Regulations also extend the categories of Short Range Data Links to include Wideband Wireless Data Systems known as Radio Local Area Networks (RLANS) designed for indoor and/or outdoor use using spread spectrum modulation (regulation 5).