The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 2002 No. 1700

Concessionary licence charges

5.—(1) This regulation applies where a relevant licence is granted to an applicant, or held by a licensee, which—

(a) is a charity; and

(b) has as its object the safety of human life in an emergency, such applicant or licensee being hereinafter referred to as “a qualifying charity”.

(2) The sum to be paid by a qualifying charity to the Secretary of State under section 1 of the 1998 Act on the issue or renewal of a relevant licence, and at each of the prescribed times (if any), shall be one half of the prescribed sum. Where the sum so payable to the Secretary of State represents a fraction of a whole pound sterling then the sum payable by the qualifying charity shall be rounded up to the nearest whole pound sterling.

(3) In this regulation—

“charity” means a person who—

(a)

being subject to the laws of England and Wales, or Scotland, or Northern Ireland, is a charity within the meaning of section 506(1) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988(1);

(b)

being subject to the laws of the Isle of Man, is registered as a charity under the Charities Registration Act 1989(2);

(c)

being subject to the laws of Guernsey, is a member for the time being of the Association of Guernsey Charities; or

(d)

being subject to the laws of Jersey, is a member for the time being of the Association of Jersey Charities; and

“relevant licence” means a licence of one of the following classes—

(i)

Coastal Station Radio;

(ii)

Commercial (5-Year) Ship Radio;

(iii)

Differential Global Positioning System;

(iv)

Maritime Navigational Aids and Radar;

(v)

National and Regional Private Business Radio;

(vi)

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

(vii)

On-Site Private Business Radio for Local Communications Systems;

(viii)

On-Site Private Business Radio for One-Way Paging and Speech Systems;

(ix)

On-Site Private Business Radio for Speech and Data Systems;

(x)

Private Business Radio IR2008 Data;

(xi)

Private Business Radio UK General;

(xii)

Private Mobile Radio (Standard);

(xiii)

Self-Select Private Business Radio;

(xiv)

Ship Portable Radio;

(xv)

Ship Radio;

(xvi)

Wide Area Private Business Radio for Distress Alarm Systems;

(xvii)

Wide Area Private Business Radio for One-Way Paging and Speech Systems; and

(xviii)

Wide Area Private Business Radio for Speech and Data Systems.

(1)

1998 c. 1.

(2)

An Act of Tynwald.