The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 1989

Interpretation

3.—(1) In these Regulations–

“the Act” means the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949;

“base station” means a station which facilitates or controls communications between a mobile station and:–

(a)

itself;

(b)

another mobile station; or

(c)

a telecommunication system which conveys messages:–

(i)

otherwise than by wireless telegraphy; or

(ii)

by a fixed link,

and in this definition,“convey” and“telecommunication system” shall be construed in accordance with section 4 of the Telecommunications Act 1984(1);

“channel” means a part of the radio frequency spectrum intended to be used for a single transmission of signals, and defined by–

(a)

two specified limits; or

(b)

by its centre frequency and the associated bandwidth,

or by any indication equivalent to (a) or (b);

“fixed link” means a connection by wireless telegraphy designed for use between not more than two fixed points;

“licence” means a licence granted under section 1 of the Act;

“mobile station” means a station (other than a base station) intended to be used while in motion or during halts at unspecified points;

“national channel” means a channel which–

(a)

the licensee is authorised to use throughout England and Wales (whether or not he is also authorised to use it in any other place); and

(b)

is not, at the time of issue or renewal, or at the prescribed time, as the case may be, authorised to be used by any person other than the licensee in any part of England or Wales under a licence granted under section 1 of the Act;

“National Public Radiotelephone Service Licence” includes any licence howsoever entitled authorising the operation of a national public radiotelephone service;

“prescribed sum” has the meaning given by regulation 4(1);

“prescribed time” has the meaning given by regulation 4(2); and

“station” means a station for wireless telegraphy.

(2) Where these Regulations provide for the prescribed sum to be calculated by reference to a number of aircraft, channels, national channels, stations, base stations or mobile stations, the number thereof shall be taken to be the number of aircraft in respect of which the use of the wireless telegraphy apparatus thereof is authorised by the licence, or the number of channels, national channels, stations, base stations, or mobile stations, the use of which is authorised by the licence, as the case may be.

(3) In these Regulations, a reference to a link of a class listed in the table below means a fixed link where the bandwidth of the channel designated in the licence for the purposes of the link is within the limits specified in relation to a link of that class in the said table:–

Class of Link	Limits of Bandwidth
Class 1 link	Not more than 50 kHz
Class 2 link	More than 50 kHz but not more than 3.5 MHz
Class 3 link	More than 3.5 MHz but not more than 7 MHz
Class 4 link	More than 7 MHz but not more than 14 MHz
Class 5 link	More than 14 MHz

(1)

1984 c. 12.