STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 103 of 1999.

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT, 1926 (SECTION 3) (EXEMPTION OF OMNITRACS TERMINALS FOR THE EUTELTRACS SYSTEM) ORDER, 1999.

S.I. No. 103 of 1999.

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT, 1926 (SECTION 3) (EXEMPTION OF OMNITRACS TERMINALS FOR THE EUTELTRACS SYSTEM) 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 Omnitracs Terminals for the Euteltracs System) Order, 1999.

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

3.  1In 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 027” means Technical Basis for Regulation 27 of May 1998 produced by the Satellite and Systems (SES) Technical Committee of ETSI.

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, Omnitracs terminals which:

(a)  for the Euteltracs system operate on the frequency bands 10.7-11.7 GHz (space-to-earth) and 12.5-12.75 GHz (space-to-earth) and 14-14.25 GHz (earth-to-space) under the control of the satellite system providing low bit rate data communications.

(b)  that Omnitracs terminals for the Euteltracs system comply with ETS 300 255 -- or TBR 027 where applicable.

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 Omnitracs terminals for the Euteltracs System from the requirement to be licensed under the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 .