The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 No. 1464


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1996 No. 1464

TELEGRAPHS

The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

Made

4th June 1996

Laid before Parliament

6th June 1996

Coming into force

1st July 1996

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949(1), and now vested in him(2), the power conferred on him by article 8 of the Department of Trade and Industry (Fees) Order 1988(3), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby, with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st July 1996.

2. The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Regulations) 1995(4) are hereby amended as follows:

(a)for the table in Schedule 3, there shall be substituted the table set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and

(b)for the provisions in Schedule 4 relating to the category headed "Public Mobile Radio", there shall be substituted the provisions relating to the category headed "Public Mobile Communications" set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

Ian Taylor,

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Technology,

Department of Trade and Industry

31st May 1996

We consent to these Regulations

Derek Conway,

Bowen Wells,

Two of the Lord Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

4th June 1996

Regulation 2(a)

SCHEDULE 1Fee Scale for Public Mobile Communications Licences

Fee applicable to Channel widths
5/6.25 kHz12.5 kHz25 kHz200 kHz
Tier££££
12254509007200
228056511259000
3340675135010800
4395790157512600
5450900180014400
690018003600-
7135027005400-

Regulation 2(b)

SCHEDULE 2

The prescribed sum in respect of the issue or renewal of the licence and in respect of the prescribed time:The prescribed time:
Class of licenceFixed sumsVariable sumsInterval of time for payment
Public Mobile Communications
Common Base Station OperatorFor each channel designated for use within the defined coverage area of the licensed common base station service

  • tier 3

Yearly
Public Mobile Operator

  • 105-�170 MHz

  • 450-�470 MHz

(for public wide area paging)

For each national channel

  • tier 7

Yearly
For each regional channel subject to a maximum of tier 7 where the channel is licensed to the same licensee in more than one location

  • tier 6

  • 105-�165 MHz

  • 174-�208 MHz

  • 420-�470 MHz

(for public mobile data, non-voice only operation)

For each channel

  • tier 6

Yearly

  • 174-�208 MHz

  • 410-�430 MHz

(for public access mobile radio)

For each national channel

  • tier 6

Yearly
For each regional channel subject to a maximum of tier 6 where the channel is licensed to the same licensee in more than one location:

  • until the second anniversary of the issue of the licence

  • tier 3

  • on the second and each subsequent anniversary of the issue of the licence

  • tier 4

  • 872.0-�888.0 MHz

  • 890.0-�905.0 MHz

  • 917.0-�933.0 MHz

  • 935.0-�950.0 MHz

(for cellular radiotelephones)

For each channel

  • tier 5

Yearly

  • 905.0-�915.0 MHz

  • 950.0-�960.0 MHz

(for digital cellular radiotelephones)

For each channel:Yearly

  • until the fifth anniversary of the issue of the licence

  • tier 3

  • on the fifth and each subsequent anniversary of the issue of the licence

  • tier 5

  • 1710.0-�1785.0 MHz

  • 1805.0-�1880.0 MHz

(for digital cellular PCN radiotelephones)

For each channel:Yearly

  • until the fourth anniversary of the issue of the licence

  • tier 1

  • on the fourth anniversary of the issue of the licence

  • tier 2

  • on the fifth anniversary of the issue of the licence

  • tier 3

  • on the sixth anniversary of the issue of the licence

  • tier 4

  • on the seventh and each subsequent anniversary of the issue of the licence

  • tier 5

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1331) by varying the fees payable in relation to wireless telegraphy licences granted under section 1 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (c. 54) in the category headed Public Mobile Communications (formerly Public Mobile Radio).

(1)

1949 c. 54; section 2 was extended to the Channel Islands by S.I. 1952/1900, amended by S.I. 1967/1279 and S.I. 1969/1369, and to the Isle of Man by S.I. 1952/1899; there are amendments to section 2 not relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), section 3; S.I. 1969/1369, article 3; S.I. 1969/1371, article 2; S.I. 1974/691, article 2.

(3)

S.I. 1988/93, which was made under section 102 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51).

(4)

S.I. 1995/1331.

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