The Wireless Telegraphy (Limitation of Number of Licences) Order 2003

Articles 3 and 4

SCHEDULE 11PRIVATE BUSINESS RADIO

PART 1FREQUENCIES ALLOCATED TO PRIVATE BUSINESS RADIO USE

1.  In this Schedule “Private Business Radio Use” means use of radio which is commercial in nature and includes uses which are for the management or control of an organisation.

PART 2CRITERIA RELATING TO PERSONS TO WHOM WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES MAY BE GRANTED

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

2.  An applicant must be engaged in the management of a hospital or medical facility.

Private Business Radio Suppliers

3.  An applicant must be engaged in the hire, supply or demonstration of private business radio equipment.

Public Safety Radio

4.  An applicant must be engaged in activities related to public safety.

Railways GSM-R Networks

5.  An applicant must be engaged in a business related to railways.

PART 3CRITERIA LIMITING NUMBER OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY LICENCES

6.  Applicants for licences must undertake to operate under any licence granted solely for the purposes of private business radio.

7.  The availability of licences (save in respect of the Private Business Radio Suppliers Licence, the Private Business Radio UK General Licence and the Self-Select One-Way Paging Licence) is limited in any particular location at these frequencies by the technical frequency assignment criteria set out in Technical Frequency Assignment Criteria for Private Business Radio published by the RA(2).

8.  All applications for licences are considered (and any technical frequency assignment criteria applied) in the order of receipt of each correctly completed application form.