This statement confirms that, following a formal consultation, the Wireless Telegraphy (Licensing Procedures) Regulations 2010 (the Regulations) were made by us on 15 July 2010, and are coming into force on 9 August 2010.
The Regulations can be obtained through the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI).
The Regulations specify the time limits within which a decision on the application for the grant of a Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (the WT Act) licence must be made, notified to the applicant and published by us. They set out the requirements that must be met by prospective licensees applying for the grant of a WT Act licence. They also provide information on the terms, provisions and limitations that licensees may be subject to.
We have also replaced the Wireless Telegraphy Act Licences (Terms, Provisions and Limitations) 2006 booklet with a new version, the Wireless Telegraphy Act Licensing (Terms, Provisions and Limitations) 2010 booklet (the booklet) which the Regulations reference. It incorporates a number of changes made to licence documents since the original booklet was published in 2006. A copy of the booklet can be found on our website. The booklet includes a sample licence for each class showing the terms, provisions and limitations that apply.
Before deciding to make the Regulations, in accordance with the requirements of section 122(4) of the WT Act, we published a Statutory Notice (the Notice) on 9 April 2010 containing a draft of the Regulations (the Proposed Regulations) and invited comments from stakeholders.
We received four responses to the Notice. A summary of the responses and our comments on these can be found in Section 3 of this document. Having carefully considered the responses to the Notice we have amended the Proposed Regulations to take on-board some of the comments that we received. This statement confirms that we have made the Regulations which will come into force on 9 August 2010.