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The Wireless Telegraphy (Limitation of Number of Licences) Order 2003 (revoked)
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Citation and commencementU.K.
1. This Order may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Limitation of Number of Licences) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 25th July 2003.
InterpretationU.K.
2. F1... In this Order—
[F2“OFCOM” means the Office of Communications;]
“the Radio Regulations” means the 2001 edition of the Radio Regulations made under Article 13 of the Constitution of the International Telecommunication Union M1; and
“wireless telegraphy licence” means any licence granted under section 1 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 M2 other than a television licence as defined in section 1(7) of that Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in art. 2 omitted (16.11.2006) by virtue of The Wireless Telegraphy (Limitation of Number of Licences) (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2786), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 1(a) (with art. 2(2))
F2Words in art. 2 substituted (16.11.2006) by The Wireless Telegraphy (Limitation of Number of Licences) (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2786), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 1(b) (with art. 2(2))
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M1The Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union were adopted in Geneva in 1992 and ratified by the United Kingdom in 1994 (Cm 3145). They were modified by the Plenipotentiary Conference in Kyoto in 1994 as ratified by the United Kingdom in 1997 (Cm 3779).
Wireless telegraphy licences to be limited in numberU.K.
3. [F3OFCOM] will grant only a limited number of wireless telegraphy licences at the frequencies and for the uses specified in Part 1 of each of Schedules 1 to 11 to this Order.
Textual Amendments
F3Word in art. 3 substituted (16.11.2006) by The Wireless Telegraphy (Limitation of Number of Licences) (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2786), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 2 (with art. 2(2))
Criteria for limiting the number of wireless telegraphy licencesU.K.
4. F4... [F5OFCOM] shall in relation to the frequencies and uses set out in Part 1 of each of Schedules 1 to 11—
(a)apply the criteria relating to the persons to whom wireless telegraphy licences may be granted specified in Part 2 of the Schedule concerned;
(b)apply the criteria limiting the number of wireless telegraphy licences specified in Part 3 of the Schedule concerned; and
(c)take into account the ability of each applicant for a wireless telegraphy licence to meet the licence terms, provisions and limitations applying to that wireless telegraphy licence,
in determining the limit on the number of wireless telegraphy licences to be granted and the persons to whom wireless telegraphy licences will be granted.
Textual Amendments
F4Word in art. 4 omitted (16.11.2006) by virtue of The Wireless Telegraphy (Limitation of Number of Licences) (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2786), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 3(a) (with art. 2(2))
F5Word in art. 4 substituted (16.11.2006) by The Wireless Telegraphy (Limitation of Number of Licences) (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2786), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 3(b) (with art. 2(2))
Stephen Timms
Minister of State for Energy, E-Commerce and Postal Services,Department of Trade and Industry
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