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1. These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Control of Interference from Apparatus) (The London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Regulations 2012 and shall come into force on 23rd July 2012.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 1 in force at 23.7.2012, see reg. 1
2. These Regulations shall not extend to the Channel Islands or to the Isle of Man.
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 2 in force at 23.7.2012, see reg. 1
3. In these Regulations—
“apparatus” means any finished appliance or combination of appliances made commercially available as a single functional unit, intended for the end user and liable to generate electromagnetic disturbance, or the performance of which is liable to be affected by such disturbance and which generates, or is designed to generate, or is liable to generate fortuitously, electromagnetic energy at frequencies not exceeding 3,000 gigahertz and includes—
components or sub-assemblies intended for incorporation into an apparatus by an end-user, which are liable to generate electromagnetic disturbance, or the performance of which is liable to be affected by such disturbance;
mobile installations defined as a combination of apparatus and, where applicable, other devices, intended to be moved and operated in a range of locations;
“essential requirements” means the requirements set out in regulations 4(1) and 4(2)(a) of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2006(1);
“protection area” means, a circular area surrounding an Olympic or Paralympic sports venue which—
is named in column 1 of the Schedule; and
has a centre point at the location (expressed by latitude and longitude coordinates) in columns 2 and 3 (in the same row of the Schedule as the name) and a radius of the distance specified in column 4 (also in the same row of the Schedule as the name).
Commencement Information
I3Reg. 3 in force at 23.7.2012, see reg. 1
4. The requirement to be complied with, for the purposes of section 54(1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 in the case of apparatus which is to be used, is set out in regulation 5.
Commencement Information
I4Reg. 4 in force at 23.7.2012, see reg. 1
5.—(1) The requirement is that between 26th July 2012 and 10th September 2012 apparatus must when in use operate at a sufficiently low intensity of electromagnetic energy such that it does not cause undue interference with wireless telegraphy used for public safety purposes within a protection area.
(2) The requirement applies even if the maximum intensity of electromagnetic energy emitted by that apparatus is lower than a level permissible under the essential requirements.
Commencement Information
I5Reg. 5 in force at 23.7.2012, see reg. 1
6. These Regulations do not apply to apparatus covered by Directive 1995/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity(2).
Commencement Information
I6Reg. 6 in force at 23.7.2012, see reg. 1
Ed Richards
Chief Executive of the Office of Communications
For and by the authority of the Office of Communications
11th June 2012
I approve the making of these Regulations by the Office of Communications
Jeremy Hunt
Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
11th June 2012
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