The Wireless Telegraphy (Ultra-Wideband Equipment) (Exemption) Regulations 2009

PART 1 INTRODUCTORY

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Ultra-Wideband Equipment) (Exemption) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 15th October 2009.

Revocation

2.  The Wireless Telegraphy (Ultra-Wideband Equipment) (Exemption) Regulations 2007(1) and The Wireless Telegraphy (Ultra-Wideband Equipment) (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 2007(2) are hereby revoked.

Interpretation

3.  In these regulations—

“automotive vehicle” has the meaning given for “vehicle” by Article 2 of Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States

relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers(3);

“building material analysis equipment” means a field disturbance sensor that is designed to detect the location of objects within a building structure or to determine the physical properties of building material;

“dB” means decibel;

“dBm” means decibels of power referenced to one milliWatt;

“dBm/MHz” means decibels of power referenced to one milliWatt per megahertz;

“e.i.r.p.” means equivalent isotropic radiated power;

“equivalent transmission level” means the peak level of transmission contained within a bandwidth which is other than 50 MHz, centred on the frequency at which the highest mean radiated power occurs, and which is the relevant maximum peak e.i.r.p. scaled down by a factor of 20log(50/x)dB, where “x” is the bandwidth expressed in MHz;

“GHz” means gigahertz;

“harmonised standards” has the meaning given in regulation 7(1)(a);

“indoors” means inside buildings or places in which the shielding will typically provide the necessary attenuation to protect wireless telegraphy against harmful interference;

“low duty cycle mitigation technique” means a technique which is used to limit the length of time of transmissions made from ultra-wideband equipment;

“mean e.i.r.p. density” means the mean e.i.r.p. measured with a 1 MHz resolution bandwidth, a root-mean-square detector and an averaging time of one millisecond or less;

“MHz” means megahertz;

“peak e.i.r.p. density” means the peak e.i.r.p. contained within a 50 MHz bandwidth centred on the frequency at which the highest mean radiated power occurs;

“radiated into the air” means, in relation to a signal, those parts of the signal emitted by ultra-wideband equipment which are not absorbed by shielding or by material under investigation;

“railway vehicle” has the meaning given by Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on rail transport statistics(4);

“the Act” means the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006;

“total radiated power density” means the average of the values of the mean e.i.r.p. density measured at points in a sphere around an item of building material analysis equipment, where there is at least 15 degrees between each measurement point;

“transmitter power control mechanism” means a mechanism that mitigates interference arising from the aggregate power from a number of items of ultra-wideband equipment by reducing the amount of power necessary for those apparatus to operate; and

“ultra-wideband equipment” means a wireless telegraphy station or wireless telegraphy apparatus incorporating, as an integral part or as an accessory, technology for short-range radiocommunication involving the intentional generation and transmission of radio-frequency energy that spreads over a frequency range wider than 50 MHz, which may overlap several frequency bands allocated to wireless telegraphy.

(1)

S.I. 2007/2084

(2)

S.I. 2007/2440

(3)

OJ No L 42, 23.2.70, p1. Article 2 was amended by Council Directive No 92/53/EEC amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC on the approximation of laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, OJ No L 225, 10.8.92, pl. There are other amendments to Article 2 and to other parts of Council Directive 70/156/EEC not relevant to these Regulations.

(4)

OJ No L 14, 21.1.03, p1. Article 3 was amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1192/2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail transport statistics, OJ No L 167, 4.7.2003, p13. Regulation (EC) No 91/2003 has also been amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1304/2007, OJ No L 290, 8.11.07, p14 and by Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, OJ L 87, 31.3.09, p109.