United Kingdom Statutory Instruments

"the 1949 Act" means the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949;

"the 1984 Act" means the Telecommunications Act 1984;

"apparatus" means wireless telegraphy apparatus or apparatus designed or adapted for use in connection with wireless telegraphy apparatus;

"authorised person" means any person authorised by the Secretary of State for the purpose of regulation 6;

"CEPT" means the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations;

"eirp" means equivalent isotropically radiated power, as defined in the Radio Regulations;

"EN45001 and EN45002" means European Standards (Normes Européenne) EN45001 and EN45002 published in September 1989 by the British Standards Institution;

"erp" means effective radiated power, as defined in the Radio Regulations;

"ETSI" means the European Telecommunications Standards Institute;

(a) be approved by the Secretary of State under section 84 of the 1984 Act for the purposes of these Regulations;

(b) be approved to the ETSI standards or the draft ETSI standards referred to in Part V of this Schedule as appropriate by a national administration following type testing at a test laboratory; or

(c) comply with the BABT performance standards referred to in Part V of this Schedule as appropriate,

provided that paragraph (a) above shall not apply in relation to prescribed apparatus situated in the Bailiwick of Jersey.

105-165 MHz

174-208 MHz

420-470 MHz

(for non-voice only operation)

     2. Meteor burst data systems licensed for use on the following frequencies - 

39.025 MHz

39.050 MHz

46.400 MHz

46.950 MHz

46.975 MHz

     3. Cellular radiotelephone systems licensed for use in the following services on the relevant frequency bands - 

(a) digital cellular radiotelephones:



Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM):	880-915 MHz (MTx)
	925-960 MHz (BTx)


(b) digital cellular PCN radiotelephones:



Personal Communications Network (PCN):	1710-1785 MHz (MTx)
	1805-1880 MHz (BTx)


(c) Universal Mobile Telephony System radiotelephones (UMTS):

     1899.9-1920 MHz (BTx/MTx in TDD)

     1920-1980 MHz (MTx)

     2110-2170 MHz (BTx)

     4. Public access mobile radio systems licensed for use in the following frequency bands - 

174-208 MHz

410-430 MHz

     5. CDMA spread spectrum data asset tracking systems licensed for use in the following frequency bands - 

177-191 MHz (MTx) paired with

866-868 MHz (BTx)

     6. Public two-way paging systems licensed for use in the following frequency bands - 

169.4-169.8 MHz (MTx) paired with

870-871 MHz (BTx).

Common Base Station Operator Licence
Common base station systems licensed for use in the following frequency bands - 

55-56 MHz

81-87 MHz

162-167 MHz

171-191 MHz

209-215 MHz

440-449 MHz

"data message" means a non-voice message;

"MPTs 1322, 1334, 1371 and 1384" means Department of Trade and Industry Performance Specifications 1322, 1334, 1371 and 1384 referred to in Part IV of this Schedule; and

"prescribed apparatus" means a station or apparatus described in the Interface Requirement referred to in Part III of this Schedule.

(a) be approved by the Secretary of State under section 84 of the 1984 Act for the purposes of these Regulations;

(b) be approved to the ETSI standards referred to in Part IV of this Schedule as appropriate by a national administration following type testing at a test laboratory; or

(c) comply with the requirements of MPT 1322, MPT 1334, MPT 1371 or MPT 1384 as appropriate in relation to prescribed apparatus taken into service before section 84 of the 1984 Act came into force,

provided that paragraph (a) above shall not apply in relation to prescribed apparatus situated in the Bailiwick of Jersey.

"Eutelsat" means Eutelsat S.A whose registered office is situated at 70 rue Ballard, 75502 Paris, Cedex 15, France;

"Globalstar" means Globalstar LP whose registered office is situated at 3200 Zanker Road, GS-06, San Jose, CA 95134, United States of America;

"ICO" means ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited whose registered office is situated at Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton, Bermuda;

"Inmarsat" means Inmarsat Limited whose registered office is situated at 99 City Road, London EC1Y 1AX;

"Iridium" means Iridium Communications Germany GmbH whose registered office is situated at Jagerhofstrasse 19-20, 40479 Dusseldorf, Germany;

"Italsat" means the satellite network operated by Telespazio s.p.a. whose registered office is situated at via Tiburting, 965-00156 Rome, Italy;

"Land Mobile-Satellite Service", "Land Earth Station" and "Land Mobile Earth Station" have the meanings given to them in the Radio Regulations;

"Orbcomm" means Orbcomm LLC whose registered office is situated at 21700 Atlantic Boulevard, Dulles, VA 20166, United States of America;

"prescribed apparatus" means a Land Mobile Earth Station in a Land Mobile-Satellite Service described in the IR referred to in Part III of this Schedule;

"SpaceChecker" means SpaceChecker NV whose registered office is situated at Interleuvenlaan 15A, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium; and

"Thuraya" means Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company whose registered office is situated at P.O. Box 33344, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

(a) be approved by the Secretary of State under section 84 of the 1984 Act for the purposes of these Regulations; or

(b) be approved to the ETSI standards referred to in Part IV of this Schedule as appropriate by a national administration following type testing at a test laboratory,

provided that paragraph (a) above shall not apply in relation to prescribed apparatus situated in the Bailiwick of Jersey.

     3. Prescribed apparatus in the Iridium and Globalstar Land Mobile-Satellite Services described in the Interface Requirement referred to in Part III of this Schedule shall cease operation at or within a distance determined by the Secretary of State for each relevant radioastronomy site for the duration of any radioastronomy observation.

(a) be approved by the Secretary of State under section 84 of the 1984 Act for the purposes of these Regulations; or

(b) be approved to the ETSI standards referred to in Part IV of this Schedule as appropriate by a national administration following type testing at a test laboratory, or otherwise complies with such standards in the case of non-manufactured apparatus used as metal detectors or model control apparatus referred to in the Interface Requirement in Part III of this Schedule,

provided that paragraph (a) above shall not apply in relation to prescribed apparatus situated in the Bailiwick of Jersey.

(a) be approved by the Secretary of State under section 84 of the 1984 Act for the purposes of these Regulations; or

(b) be approved to the standard referred to in Part IV of this Schedule by a national administration following type testing at a test laboratory,

provided that paragraph (a) above shall not apply in relation to prescribed apparatus situated in the Bailiwick of Jersey.

(a) be approved by the Secretary of State under section 84 of the 1984 Act for the purposes of these Regulations; or

(b) comply with the requirements of the Department of Trade and Industry Performance Specification referred to in Part IV of this Schedule,

provided that paragraph (a) above shall not apply in relation to prescribed apparatus situated in the Bailiwick of Jersey.

(a) be approved by the Secretary of State under section 84 of the 1984 Act for the purposes of these Regulations; or

(b) be approved to the ETSI standards referred to in Part IV of this Schedule as appropriate by a national administration following type testing at a test laboratory,

provided that paragraph (a) above shall not apply in relation to prescribed apparatus situated in the Bailiwick of Jersey.

(a) fixed terrestrial (point-to-point) links apparatus in the uncoordinated 57.1 to 58.9 GHz frequency band, where it meets the technical criteria set out in Schedule 8; and

(b) radio local area network apparatus in the frequency bands 5150 to 5350 MHz and 5470 to 5725 MHz, where it meets the technical criteria set out in Schedule 9.

The exemption in respect of such apparatus applies to the provision of public as well as private telecommunications services (regulation 4). The Regulations also extend the range of Land Mobile Earth Stations established in connection with the provision of a satellite service which have the benefit of the licence exemption to include Orbcomm and SpaceChecker terminals (Schedule 5). Finally, references to apparatus relating to the analogue first generation telecommunications network, which has now been taken out of service in the United Kingdom, are omitted in Schedule 3. A number of minor and typographical amendments are also made to the Regulations which are of no substantive effect.

Copies of the UK Radio Interface Requirements referred to in the Schedules may be obtained from the Radiocommunications Agency Library at Wyndham House, 189 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SX (Tel: 020 7211 0211) or by visiting the Agency's Internet web site at www.radio.gov.uk. A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that these Regulations would have on the costs to business is available from the Agency Library and can be found on the web site. Copies of this report have also been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.

Copies of the Radio Regulations may be obtained from the Sales Service, International Telecommunication Union, Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland (Tel: 0041 22 730 6141).

Copies of the European Telecommunications Standards and the draft European Telecommunications Standards referred to in the Schedules to these Regulations may be obtained from the British Standards Institution (BSI), 389 Chiswick High Road, London W4 4AL (Tel: 020 8996 9000) or from the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) at F-06921 Sophia Antipolis, Cedex, France (Tel: 00334 92 94 42 00).

Copies of the Common Technical Regulations contained within the Official Journal and referred to in the Schedules may be obtained from the Stationery Office Books, PO Box 276, London SW8 5DT (Tel: 020 7873 9090) and from the European Information Centres (EICs) situated in the United Kingdom.

Copies of BABT/SITS/92/50 referred to in Schedule 3 may be obtained from the British Approvals Board for Telecommunications (BABT) at Claremont House, 34 Molesey Road, Hersham, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey KT12 4RQ (Tel: 01932 222289).