The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1331), as amended by the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1464) (as so amended, “the 1995 Regulations”), which provide for fees to be paid in relation to wireless telegraphy licences granted under section 1 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (c. 54). In relation to the 1995 Regulations, these Regulations provide for:

(a) the substitution of a new regulation 3(4); and

(b) the substitution in Schedule 4 of provisions relating to three new classes of licence, Programme Making and Special Events Fixed Site, Programme Making and Special Events Low Power, and Programme Making and Special Events Link, for the following classes: Independent Programme Maker’s, Independent Programme Maker’s Four Monthly, Independent Programme Maker’s Seven Day, Independent Programme Maker’s Six Hour, Radio Broadcaster’s Programme Making, Radio Microphone Class A Class B and Class C, Sporting and Other Public Events (Miscellaneous).

The documents “Office of National Statistics Population and Health Monitor (PPI 96/2)”, “Mid-1995 Population Estimates Scotland”, and “Annual Report of the Registrar General for Northern Ireland” may be obtained from The Stationery Office.