Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006

119 Territorial application

(1) The provisions mentioned in subsection (2) apply to—

(a) all stations and apparatus in or over, or for the time being in or over, the United Kingdom or UK territorial sea;

(b) subject to any limitations that the Secretary of State may by regulations determine, all stations and apparatus on board a ship or aircraft that is registered in the United Kingdom but is not for the time being in or over the United Kingdom or UK territorial sea; and

(c) subject to any limitations that the Secretary of State may by regulations determine, all apparatus not itself in or over the United Kingdom or UK territorial sea but released—

(i) from within the United Kingdom or UK territorial sea, or

(ii) from a ship or aircraft that is registered in the United Kingdom.

(2) The provisions are—

(a) sections 8 to 11, 35 to 38, 45 to 49, 55 to 58 and 68; and

(b) regulations under section 54.

(3) Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that a reference in subsection (1) to a ship or aircraft registered in the United Kingdom is to be construed as including a reference to a ship or aircraft—

(a) registered in the Isle of Man, in any of the Channel Islands or in a colony; or

(b) registered under the law of any other country or territory outside the United Kingdom that is for the time being administered by Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 2 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) (meaning of “colony” in existing enactments), subsection (3) is to be treated as if contained in an Act passed before the commencement of that Act.