The Wireless Telegraphy (Exemption) Regulations 1999

Regulation 3(1)

SCHEDULE 7 PMR 446

PART I INTERPRETATION

In this Schedule–

“ETS 300 296” means the European Telecommunications Standard ETS 300 296 published by ETSI in December 1994 and revised and reprinted in March 1997; and

“prescribed apparatus” means the apparatus known as “PMR 446” described in Part III of this Schedule.

PART II ADDITIONAL TERMS, PROVISIONS AND LIMITATIONS

Unless there is a Common Technical Regulation in force in respect of the prescribed apparatus, such apparatus must–

(a) be approved for the time being by the Secretary of State under section 84 of the 1984 Act for the purposes of these Regulations; or

(b) be approved to ETS 300 296 by a national administration following type testing at a test laboratory,

provided that paragraph (a) above shall not apply in relation to prescribed apparatus situated in the Bailiwick of Jersey.

PART III DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESCRIBED APPARATUS

Handportable wireless telegraphy apparatus with an integral antenna designed or adapted in accordance with ETS 300 296–

(a) to be used only for short range voice communication; and

(b) to be capable of use only on one or more of the frequencies, and at a power not exceeding the maximum erp for such frequencies, specified in the table below–

Frequencies	Channel bandwidth	Maximum erp
446.00625 MHz	12.5 kHz	500 mW
446.01875 MHz	12.5 kHz	500 mW
446.03125 MHz	12.5 kHz	500 mW
446.04375 MHz	12.5 kHz	500 mW
446.05625 MHz	12.5 kHz	500 mW
446.06875 MHz	12.5 kHz	500 mW
446.08125 MHz	12.5 kHz	500 mW
446.09375 MHz	12.5 kHz	500 mW