The Wireless Telegraphy (Limitation of Number of Licences) Order 2003 No. 1902

Articles 3 and 4

SCHEDULE 11 PRIVATE BUSINESS RADIO

PART 1 FREQUENCIES ALLOCATED TO PRIVATE BUSINESS RADIO USE

1.  In this Schedule “Private Business Radio Use” means use of radio which is commercial in nature and includes uses which are for the management or control of an organisation.

National and Regional Private Business Radio
On-Site Private Business Radio for Speech and Data Systems(1)
Private Business Radio Suppliers
Private Business Radio UK General
Wide Area Private Business Radio for Speech and Data Systems
55.75–87.50 MHz
137.95–215.30 MHz
425.0–462.50 MHz

On-Site Private Business Radio for Local Communications Systems
137.95–215.30 MHz
425.0–462.50 MHz

Private Business Radio IR2008 Data
55.75–87.50 MHz
137.95–215.30 MHz

Wide Area Private Business Radio for Distress Alarm Systems
137.95-215.30 MHz

Self-Select One-Way Paging
26.225–26.9325 MHz
48.968750–49.493750 MHz
425.0–462.5 MHz

On-Site Private Business Radio for One-way Paging and Speech Systems
425.0–462.5 MHz

Wide Area Private Business Radio for One-way Paging and Speech Systems
137.96250–153.48750 MHz
425.0–462.5 MHz

On-Site Private Business Radio for Hospital Paging and Emergency Speech Systems
31.71250–31.78750 MHz
48.968750–49.493750 MHz
159.63125–164.20625 MHz

Railways GSM-R
876–880 MHz
921–925 MHz

Public Safety Radio
380–400 MHz

PART 2 CRITERIA RELATING TO PERSONS TO WHOM WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES MAY BE GRANTED

On-Site Private Business Radio for Hospital Paging and Emergency Speech Systems

2.  An applicant must be engaged in the management of a hospital or medical facility.

Private Business Radio Suppliers

3.  An applicant must be engaged in the hire, supply or demonstration of private business radio equipment.

Public Safety Radio

4.  An applicant must be engaged in activities related to public safety.

Railways GSM-R Networks

5.  An applicant must be engaged in a business related to railways.

PART 3 CRITERIA LIMITING NUMBER OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES

6.  Applicants for licences must undertake to operate under any licence granted solely for the purposes of private business radio.

7.  The availability of licences (save in respect of the Private Business Radio Suppliers Licence, the Private Business Radio UK General Licence and the Self-Select One-Way Paging Licence) is limited in any particular location at these frequencies by the technical frequency assignment criteria set out in Technical Frequency Assignment Criteria for Private Business Radio published by the RA(2).

8.  All applications for licences are considered (and any technical frequency assignment criteria applied) in the order of receipt of each correctly completed application form.

(1)

Incorporates the frequencies for the former On-Site Religious Observance Licence (425.0-462.5 MHz).

(2)

Reference RA418 (June 2003).