EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Regulations prescribe the technical requirements to be observed by persons who manufacture, assemble or import Citizens' Band Radio apparatus (CB apparatus), that is wireless telegraphy apparatus designed or adapted to operate in the frequency band 27.60125 MHz to 27.99125 MHz or 934.025 MHz to 934.975 MHz.
Regulation 3 provides that CB apparatus which is placed on the market shall comply with the requirements specified in the Schedule to the Regulations. The Schedule sets out the technical requirements contained in Home Office Performance Specification MPT 1320 (27 MHz apparatus) and MPT 1321 (934 MHz apparatus).
Regulation 4 provides that all CB apparatus shall be marked in the way described in the relevant Home Office Specification in order to indicate that it complies with the requirements of Regulation 3.
A person who fails to comply with the requirements of these Regulations may be served with a notice under section 12 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 and any person who contravenes the provisions of such a notice is guilty of an offence under the Act.
Copies of the British Standard Glossary of Terms, which is referred to in the Regulations may be obtained from the British Standards Institution (Sales Section), 101 Pentonville Road, London N1 9ND. The Home Office Performance Specifications are obtainable from Her Majesty's Stationery Office.