The Telecommunication Apparatus (Approval Fees) (British Approvals Board for Telecommunications) Order 1990

Made13th August 1990

Laid before Parliament15th August 1990

Coming into force10th September 1990

Whereas the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 25(1) of the Telecommunications Act 19841 (“the Act”), after consultation as required by section 25(2) of the Act, intends to appoint the British Approvals Board for Telecommunications to exercise the functions in relation to the approval of apparatus conferred on the Secretary of State by section 22 of the Act to the extent and subject to the conditions set out in such appointment:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 22(12) of the Act hereby makes the following Order:—

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Telecommunication Apparatus (Approval Fees) (British Approvals Board for Telecommunications) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 10th September 1990.

Interpretation2

In this Order—

“apparatus” means telecommunication apparatus or apparatus designed or adapted for use in connection with telecommunication apparatus or a telecommunication system
“telecommunication apparatus” and “telecommunication system” have the same meaning as in the Act.
“application fee” means the fee payable at the time the application is made by the person applying for an approval under section 22 of the Act in respect of the activities necessary for the exercise of the approval function and the determination of that application.
“Schedule” means the Schedule to this Order.

Application3

This Order applies to the charging of fees in respect of the exercise of the Secretary of State’s functions under section 22 of the Act for the purpose of the determination of an application under that section for approval of apparatus for connection to the telecommunication systems specified in such approval and for the continuation of such approval.

Approval Fees4

1

The fee to be charged in respect of the approval of each category of apparatus listed in Column 1 (Parts A and B) of the Schedule shall be the application fee specified in Column 2 of the Schedule in relation to that category of apparatus.

2

The fee to be charged in respect of continuation of the approval of each category of apparatus listed in Column 1 (Parts C and D) of the Schedule shall be the annual fee specified in Column 2 of the Schedule in relation to that category of apparatus.

3

The Schedule shall be interpreted in accordance with the Notes thereto.

Douglas HoggMinister for Industry and Enterprise,Department of Trade and Industry13th August 1990

SCHEDULE

Article 4

Column 1	Column 2
A Application fees for approval of apparatus (excluding cellular mobile radio apparatus):
1 Master product (Note 1)
Basic apparatus (for attachment to the network)	£500
Plus
Supplementary fees for one or more of the following apparatus features as applicable:
Handset Telephone	£300
Loudspeaking Telephone	£300
Monitor	£200
Simple Modem (NS marked)	£300
Simple Modem (S marked)	£400
Payphone or Payment Unit	£200
Digital Network Interface (non-speech apparatus)	£300
ISDN Supplement	£200
Autocalling	£100
Mute	£100
Hold	£100
Auto Answer	£100
Recording/Announcing	£100
2 Derivatives of master products
i Sister product (Note 2)	£240
ii Brand-name product (Note 3)	£120
B Application fees for approval of cellular mobile radio (CMR) apparatus):
1 Master product (Note 1)
Basic CMR apparatus	£16,500
Plus
Supplementary fees for one or more of the following apparatus features as applicable:
Hands-Free Unit (CMR)	£1,000
Voice Recognition Unit (CMR)	£250
Battery Charger (CMR)	£250
Additional Control Unit (CMR)	£250
Modem (CMR)	£400
Payphone (CMR)	£200
Recording/Announcing (CMR)	£100
2 Derivatives of cellular mobile radio master products:
Sister product (Note 2)	£3,500
Brand-name product (Note 3)	£1,750
C Annual fees for continuation of apparatus approvals (excluding cellular mobile radio apparatus approvals):
Master product	£240
Sister product	£50
Brand-name product	£50
D Annual fees for continuation of cellular mobile radio apparatus approvals:
Master product	£2,600
Sister product	£500
Brand-name product	£500
Note 1	A master product is the primary design of apparatus submitted for approval.
Note 2	A sister product is a variant of the master product, submitted at the same time or subsequently for approval, which has some different features and thus some differences in testing and evaluation.
Note 3	A brand-name product is a variant of the master or a sister product, submitted at the same time or subsequently for approval, which differs only in the name of the product (and marking and literature) relying for its type-approval on the product from which it is derived.
Note 4	Each fee specified in Column 2 of this Schedule is exclusive of value added tax.

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the charging of fees in respect of approval of the apparatus specified in the Schedule to the Order for connection to the telecommunication systems specified in the approval. Licences granted under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 may require apparatus which is connected, whether directly or indirectly, to public telecommunication systems to be approved for such connection under section 22 of the Act.

The Secretary of State after carrying out the consultation required by the Act intends to appoint the British Approvals Board for Telecommunications (BABT) to exercise the functions conferred on him in respect of the approval of apparatus. The Secretary of State further intends under section 25(1) to authorise BABT to retain the fees which are provided for in this Order and which, following its appointment, BABT will charge in respect of exercising the Secretary of State’s approval functions under section 22.

The fees provided for in this Order are payable in respect of the activities at BABT necessary for the exercise of the approval function. It is contemplated that these activities may include, as appropriate establishing the technical standard to which apparatus must conform, preparing Special Investigation Test Schedules, evaluating test results to establish the conformity of apparatus to standard, establishing that samples of apparatus are representative of the run of production and granting approval to connect to specified telecommunication systems.

Section 22(4) provides that an approval may be subject to conditions with which the applicant must comply, and a condition may impose on the applicant an ongoing requirement in respect of the apparatus which is the subject of an approval. One such condition requires the annual renewal of the approval for the apparatus.