The Telecommunication Meters (Approval Fees) (BABT) (Amendment) Order 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 2606

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

The Telecommunication Meters (Approval Fees) (BABT) (Amendment) Order 2001

Made

17th July 2001

Laid before Parliament

19th July 2001

Coming into force

13th August 2001

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 24(13) of the Telecommunications Act 1984(1) hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Telecommunication Meters (Approval Fees) (BABT) (Amendment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 13th August 2001.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

• “application fee” has the meaning given by article 3(a) of the principal Order;

• “BABT” means the British Approvals Board for Telecommunications;

• “continuation fee” has the meaning given by article 3(b) of the principal Order;

• “the principal Order” means the Telecommunication Meters (Approval Fees) (British Approvals Board for Telecommunications) Order 1992(2).

Amendment to the principal Order

3.  Article 4(2)(a) of the principal Order is amended—

(a) in respect of any work carried out by BABT on or after 13th August 2001 in the exercise by it of the function of considering applications for which an application fee may be charged, and

(b) in respect of the exercise by BABT on or after 13th August 2001 of the function of being satisfied that a requirement is being complied with for which a continuation fee may be charged,

by deleting “£50.68” and substituting “£83.33”.

Revocation

4.  Article 3 of the Telecommunication Meters (Approval Fees) (BABT) (Amendment) Order 1994(3) is hereby revoked.

Douglas Alexander,

Minister for E-Commerce and Competitiveness,

Department of Trade and Industry

17th July 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This order amends the Telecommunication Meters (Approval Fees) (British Approvals Board for Telecommunications) Order 1992 so as to increase the fees payable for the approval and monitoring of telecommunication meters from £50.68 per man-hour to £83.33 per man-hour.

(1)

1984 c. 12.

(2)

S.I. 1992/712 as amended by S.I. 1994/3163.

(3)

S.I. 1994/3163.