The Wireless Telegraphy (Ultra-Wideband Equipment) (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in SI 2007/2084 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 2440

Electronic Communications

The Wireless Telegraphy (Ultra-Wideband Equipment) (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 2007

Made

16th August 2007

Coming into force

17th August 2007

The Office of Communications (“OFCOM”) make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred on OFCOM by section 8(3) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006(1) (“the Act”).

Before making these Regulations OFCOM have given notice of their proposal to make regulations in accordance with section 122(4)(a) of the Act, published notice of their proposal in accordance with section 122(4)(b) of the Act and have considered the representations made to them before the time specified in that notice in accordance with section 122(4)(c) of the Act.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Ultra-Wideband Equipment) (Exemption) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 17th August 2007.

Amendment of the Wireless Telegraphy (Ultra-Wideband Equipment) (Exemption) Regulations 2007

2.—(1) The Wireless Telegraphy (Ultra-Wideband Equipment) (Exemption) Regulations 2007(2) are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation) after ““dBm/MHz””, for “means decibel per milliWatt” substitute “means decibel milliWatt per megahertz”.

David Currie

Chairman of the Office of Communications

For and by the authority of the Office of Communications

16th August 2007

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These regulations amend the Wireless Telegraphy (Ultra-Wideband Equipment) (Exemption) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2084) (the “Principal Regulations”) by amending the definition of “dBm/MHz”.

These Regulations do not have any effect on the cost of business additional to the effect of the Principal Regulations and a full regulatory impact assessment of the effect the Principal Regulations will have on the cost to business has been prepared and is available to the public from OFCOM at Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London, SE1 9HA (tel: [phone]) or on the OFCOM website at http://www.ofcom.org.uk. Copies of the report have also been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.

(1)

2006 c. 36

(2)

S.I. 2007/2084