STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS.

S.I. No. 110 of 1999.

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT, 1926 (SECTION 3) (EXEMPTION OF (ii) ARCANET SUITCASE TERMINALS) ORDER, 1999.

S.I. No. 110 of 1999.

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT, 1926 (SECTION 3) (EXEMPTION OF (ii) ARCANET SUITCASE TERMINALS) 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) (for free circulation and use of ARCANET Suitcase terminals) 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;

“ITU” means the International Telecommunications Union.

“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 27” means Technical Basis for Regulation 27 of December 1997 produced by the Satellite and Systems (SES) Technical Committee of ETSI.

“VSAT Terminal” means a Terminal which operates only under the remote control of another specified Earth Station with which it communicates via a specified satellite, and which is not normally subject to local control.

“ARCANET” means a communications system, having a regional European coverage area, which by means of a satellite connection can provide voice and data communications.

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, the free circulation and use of ARCANET Suitcase terminals which:

(a)  that the terminals are capable of operating in the frequency bands 11.45-11.70 GHz (space-to-earth), 12.5-12.75 GHz (space-to-earth) and 14.0-14.25 GHz (earth-to-space) under the control of the satellite system;

(b)  that ARCANET suitcase terminals comply with ETS 300 255 or TBR 027.

(c)  that this Decision does not apply to the ARCANET terminals when utilised as a fixed VSAT terminal;

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 Arcanet Suitcase terminals from the requirement to be licensed under the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 .