Statutory Instruments
TELEGRAPHS
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)
| Fee applicable to Channel widths | ||||
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| 5/6.25 kHz | 12.5 kHz | 25 kHz | 200 kHz | |
| Tier | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 1 | 225 | 450 | 900 | 7200 |
| 2 | 280 | 565 | 1125 | 9000 |
| 3 | 340 | 675 | 1350 | 10800 |
| 4 | 395 | 790 | 1575 | 12600 |
| 5 | 450 | 900 | 1800 | 14400 |
| 6 | 900 | 1800 | 3600 | — |
| 7 | 1350 | 2700 | 5400 | — |
Regulation 2(b)
| The prescribed sum in respect of the issue or renewal of the licence and in respect of the prescribed time: | The prescribed time: | |||
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| Class of licence | Fixed sums | Variable sums | Interval of time for payment | |
| Public Mobile Communications | ||||
| Common Base Station Operator | For each channel designated for use within the defined coverage area of the licensed common base station service |
| Yearly | |
| Public Mobile Operator | ||||
(for public wide area paging) | For each national channel |
| 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 |
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(for public mobile data, non-voice only operation) | For each channel |
| Yearly | |
(for public access mobile radio) | For each national channel |
| 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: | ||||
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(for cellular radiotelephones) | For each channel |
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(for digital cellular radiotelephones) | For each channel: | Yearly | ||
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(for digital cellular PCN radiotelephones) | For each channel: | Yearly | ||
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(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).
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.
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.
S.I. 1988/93, which was made under section 102 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51).
S.I. 1995/1331.