S.I. No. 93/1998 - Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of Short Range Business Radios) Order, 1998
S.I. No. 93 of 1998. | ||
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT, 1926 (SECTION 3) (EXEMPTION OF SHORT RANGE BUSINESS RADIOS) ORDER, 1998 | ||
I, Etain Doyle, Director of Telecommunications Regulation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (6) (inserted by section 11 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1972 (No. 5 of 1972)) of section 3 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (No. 45 of 1926), and section 4 of the Telecommunications (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1996 (No. 34 of 1996), hereby order as follows: | ||
1 Citation. | 1. This Order may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of Short Range Business Radios) Order, 1998. | |
2 Interpretation Act. | 2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order. | |
3 Definitions. | 3. In this Order— | |
"CTCSS" means a continuous tone controlled signalling system; | ||
"DCS" means a digital coded squelch system. | ||
"e.r.p." means effective radiated power as defined in the Radio Regulations annexed to the Constitution of the International Telecommunications Union signed at Geneva on 6 November 1992; | ||
"hand-portable station" means apparatus for wireless telegraphy which is— | ||
(a) capable of being used for transmitting and receiving messages by means of radiated electro-magnetic waves, and | ||
(b) intended to be transported by hand and to be used while being moved or during halts at unspecified points; | ||
"integral antenna" means an antenna which is— | ||
(a) designed to be connected to the hand-portable station without the use of a 50 ohm external connector, | ||
(b) considered to be part of that station, and | ||
(c) capable of being fitted internally or externally to that station; | ||
"short range business radio" means apparatus for wireless telegraphy which— | ||
(a) consists of hand-portable stations with integral antennas used for speech communications, | ||
(b) conforms to the European Telecommunications Standard known as ETS 300-296, | ||
(c) uses channel spacing of 12.5 kHz, | ||
(d) has a maximum e.r.p. of 500 mW, | ||
(e) uses either CTCSS or DCS tone control, and | ||
(f) operates only on the following frequency channels: | ||
446.00625 MHz | ||
446.01875 MHz | ||
446.03125 MHz | ||
446.04375 MHz | ||
446.05625 MHz | ||
446.06875 MHz | ||
446.08125 MHz | ||
446.09375 MHz; | ||
"tone control" means a mechanism by which apparatus for wireless telegraphy transmits a specific signal for control purposes in addition to the speech signal. | ||
4 Exemption. | 4. Short range business radios are hereby declared to be a class of apparatus for wireless telegraphy to which section 3 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 , does not apply. | |
GIVEN under my hand, this 1st day of April, 1998 | ||
Etain Doyle | ||
Director of Telecommunications Regulation | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
This Order provides for the exemption of short range business radio systems from the requirement to be licensed under the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 . | ||
In order to qualify for this exemption a short range business radio system must be type approved and must conform with all other technical specifications laid down in this Order. |