S.I. No. 114/1992:

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY (BUSINESS RADIO LICENCE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1992.

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY (BUSINESS RADIO LICENCE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1992.

I, MÁIRE GEOGHEGAN-QUINN, Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 6 (1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (No. 45 of 1926), and the Communications (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1991 ( S.I. No. 26 of 1991 ) (as adapted by the Tourism and Transport (Alteration of Name and Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1991 ( S.I. No. 25 of 1991 )), with the consent of the Minister for Finance, hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Business Radio Licence) (Amendment) Regulations, 1992.

(2) The Wireless Telegraphy (Business Radio Licence) Regulations, 1949 to 1986, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Wireless Telegraphy (Business Radio Licence) Regulations, 1949 to 1992.

(3) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of May, 1992.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

3. In these Regulations:--

"the Regulations of 1949" means the Wireless Telegraphy (Business Radio Licence) Regulations, 1949 ( S.I. No. 320 of 1949 );

"the Regulations of 1956" means the Wireless Telegraphy (Business Radio Licence) Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 2 of 1956 );

"the Regulations of 1957" means the Wireless Telegraphy (Business Radio Licence) Regulations, 1957 ( S.I. No. 181 of 1957 );

"the Regulations of 1986" means the Wireless Telegraphy (Business Radio Licence) (Amendment) Regulations, 1986 ( S.I. No. 75 of 1986 ).

4. Regulation 9 (1) of the Regulations of 1949 (inserted by Regulation 4 of the Regulations of 1956 and amended by Regulation 4 of the Regulations of 1986) is hereby amended by:--

( a ) the substitution in subparagraph (a) of "£18" for "fourteen pounds and fifty new pence" in both places where it occurs;

( b ) the substitution in subparagraph (b) of "£18", "£18", and "£60" for "fourteen pounds and fifty new pence", "fourteen pounds and fifty new pence" and "forty-eight pounds and fifty new pence", respectively;

( c ) the substitution in subparagraph (c) of "£80" and "£18" for "sixty-five pounds and fifty new pence" and "fourteen pounds and fifty new pence", respectively;

( d ) the substitution in subparagraph (d) of "£80", "£18" and "£60" for "sixty five pounds and fifty new pence", "fourteen pounds and fifty new pence" and "forty-eight pounds and fifty new pence", respectively;

and the said paragraph (1), as so amended, is set out in the Table to this Regulation.

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(1) A fee shall be payable on the issue and on each renewal of a business radio licence and such fee shall be calculated on the following basis:--

( a ) system comprising base and mobile stations only or a system comprising mobile stations only; a fixed sum of £18 plus £18 for each station,

( b ) system comprising base, repeater and mobile stations or mobile and repeater stations: a fixed sum of £18 plus £18 for each base station and each mobile station plus £60 in respect of each repeater station,

( c ) system comprising two fixed stations only, that is to say, fixed point to point system: a fixed sum of £80 plus £18 for each station,

( d ) system comprising two fixed stations with repeater stations that is to say, a fixed point-to-point system with repeater stations: a fixed sum of £80 plus £18 for each fixed station plus £60 in respect of each repeater station.

5. Regulation 7 of the Regulations of 1957 (as amended by Regulation 5 of the Regulations of 1986) is hereby amended by:--

( a ) the substitution in paragraph (a) of "£10" for "eight pounds and fifty new pence" in both places where it occurs,

( b ) the substitution in paragraph (b) of "£10" for "eight pounds and fifty new pence" in both places where it occurs and of "£40" for "thirty-two pounds and fifty new pence";

( c ) the substitution in paragraph (c) of "£50" and "£10" for "forty-one pounds" and "eight pounds and fifty new pence" respectively; and

( d ) the substitution in paragraph (d) of "£50", "£10" and "£40" for "forty-one pounds" and "eight pounds and fifty new pence" and "thirty-two pounds and fifty new pence", respectively;

and the said Regulation 7, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this Regulation.

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7. A fee shall be payable on the issue and renewal of a licence and such fee shall be calculated on the following basis:--

( a ) system comprising base and mobile stations only or system comprising mobile stations only: a fixed sum of £10 plus £10 for each station,

( b ) system comprising base, repeater and mobile stations or mobile and repeater stations: a fixed sum of £10 plus £10 for each base station and each mobile station plus £40 in respect of each repeater station,

( c ) system comprising two fixed stations only, that is to say, fixed point to point system: a fixed sum of £50 plus £10 for each station,

( d ) system comprising two fixed stations with repeater station that is to say, a fixed point-to-point system with repeater station: a fixed sum of £50 plus £10 for each fixed station plus £40 in respect of each repeater station.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 29th day of April, 1992.

MÁIRE GEOGHEGAN-QUINN,

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal, of the Minister for Finance, this 29thday of April, 1992.

BERTIE AHERN.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide the revised fees for the Business Radio and temporary Business Radio Licences.