{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-short-range-devices-exemption-regulations-1993/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-short-range-devices-exemption-regulations-1993/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1591",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Short Range Devices) (Exemption) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-short-range-devices-exemption-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“authorised person” means any person authorised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of regulation 6;\n“erp” means effective radiated power, as defined in the Radio Regulations;\n“eirp” means equivalent isotropically radiated power, as defined in the Radio Regulations;\n“field strength” means the magnitude of a component of specified polarisation of the electric or magnetic field, and a reference to the field strength of any signal means the field strength of that signal when measured at a distance of 10 metres;\n“μA/m” means microamps per metre;\n“μV/m” means microvolts per metre;\n“μW” means microwatts;\n“mW” means milliwatts;\n“the Radio Regulations” means the 1990 edition of the Radio Regulations, annexed to the International Telecommunication Convention 1982 pursuant to Articles 43 and 83 of that Convention;\n“relevant apparatus” means wireless telegraphy apparatus or apparatus designed or adapted for use in connection with wireless telegraphy apparatus;\n“relevant short range device” means any station or apparatus for wireless telegraphy of a description set out in the Schedule hereto; and\n“W” means Watts.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The International Telecommunication Convention (Cmnd. 9557) was adopted by the International Telecommunication Union at Nairobi on 6 November 1982 and was ratified by the United Kingdom on 15 November 1984."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am. (specified definitions added)",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/1996",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Short Range Devices) (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "renumbered (as reg.3(1))",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/1996",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Short Range Devices) (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/1996",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Short Range Devices) (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/2250",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Short Range Devices) (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/2250",
      "affecting_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Short Range Devices) (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 1994"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1591/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:54:51.954099+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."
}