
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 20th July 1998.
2 
The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Charges) Regulations 1995 are hereby amended as follows–
(a) in regulation 3(1), there shall be inserted the following definition–“
 “system” means the wireless telegraphy component of a telecommunication system as defined in section 4(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1984;”;
(b) in regulation 5(3), the following paragraph shall be inserted into the list of classes in relation to the definition of “relevant licence”–“
(b) On-Site Private Business Radio;”;
(c) in the category headed “Private Business Radio” in Schedule 4, there shall be inserted the provisions set out in Part I of the Schedule hereto relating to the On-Site Private Business Radio Licence; and
(d) for the provisions in the category headed “Public Telecommunications Networks” relating to the Public Mobile Operator Licence for cellular radiotelephones and digital cellular PCN radiotelephones in Schedule 4, there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Part II of the Schedule.
Barbara Roche
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade and Industry,
Department of Trade and Industry
28th June1998
SCHEDULE
Regulation 2
PART I

Class of licence The prescribed sum in respect of the issue or renewal of the licence and in respect of the prescribed time:  The prescribed time: Interval of time for payment
 Fixed Sums Variable sums 
On-Site Private Business Radio  £100 per system per site Yearly
PART II

Class of licence The prescribed sum in respect of the issue or renewal of the licence and in respect of the prescribed time: The prescribed time: Interval of time for payment
 Fixed Sums Variable sums 

— 872.0–888.0 MHz
— 890.0–905.0 MHz
— 905.0–915.0 MHz
— 917.0–933.0 MHz
— 935.0–950.0 MHz
— 950.0–960.0 MHz
— 1710.0–1721.7 MHz
— 1805.0–1816.7 MHz(for cellular radiotelephones)  For each 25 kHz (analogue) duplex channel—£3,960, and for each 200 kHz (digital) duplex channel—£31,680 Yearly

— 1721.7–1785.0 MHz
— 1816.7–1880.0 MHz(for digital cellular PCN radiotelephones)  For each 200 kHz (digital) duplex channel:
— until the sixth anniversary of the issue of the licence—£23,760
— on the sixth anniversary of the issue of the licence—£27,720
— on the seventh and each subsequent anniversary of the issue of the licence—£31,680 Yearly