STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 100 of 1999.

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT, 1926 (SECTION 3) (EXEMPTION OF INMARSAT-D TERMINALS FOR LAND MOBILE APPLICATIONS) ORDER, 1999.

S.I. No. 100 of 1999.

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT, 1926 (SECTION 3) (EXEMPTION OF INMARSAT-D TERMINALS FOR LAND MOBILE APPLICATIONS) ORDER, 1999.

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. This Order may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of Inmarsat-D terminals for land mobile applications) Order, 1999.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937) , applies to this Order.

3. In this Order--

“CEPT” means the European Postal and Telecommunications Conference;

“ERC” means European Radiocommunications Committee of CEPT;

“ERO” means European Radiocommunications Office of CEPT;

“ETSI” means the European Telecommunications Standards Institute;

“satellite earth station” means an apparatus for wireless telegraphy used for the purpose of carrying on radiocommunications by means of satellites or other space-based systems;

“TBR 026” means Technical Basis for Regulation 26 of May 1998 produced by the Satellite and Systems (SES) Technical Committee of ETSI.

“GMDSS” means Global Maritime Distress and Safety Systems.

4. The following class of apparatus for wireless telegraphy is hereby declared to be a class of apparatus for wireless telegraphy to which section 3 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 ( No. 45 of 1926 ), is not to apply, namely, Inmarsat-D terminals which:

(a) for land mobile applications operate on the frequency bands 1525-1559 MHz (space-to-earth), excluding the band 1544-1545 MHz and 1626.5-1660.5 MHz (earth-to-space), excluding the band 1645.5-1646.5 MHz, under the control of the satellite system providing low bit rate data communications.

(b) comply with ETS 300 254 -- or TBR 026 where applicable.

(c) that this decision does not apply to equipment intended or used for GMDSS.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order provides for the exemption of Inmarsat-D terminals for land mobile applications from the requirement to be licensed under the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 .