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S.I. No. 409/1997 - Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of Mobile Telephones) Order, 1997

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(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 Mobile Telephones) Order,
  3. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.
  4. In this Order - "mobile telephone" means apparatus for wireless telegraphy capable of originating and receiving a call, being apparatus that - ( a ) if it is digital apparatus, stands approved under the European Communities (Telecommunications Terminal Equipment) Regulations, 1997 ( S.I. No. 73 of 1997 ), and ( b ) if it is analogue apparatus, stands approved under the European Communities (Telecommunications Services) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 45 of 1992 ); "call" means a telephone call or other communication of any kind made or sent wholly or partly on a GSM or TAGS mobile telephony network; "GSM mobile telephony network" means a public, digital, land-based, cellular, mobile telephony network operating in the 900 MHz frequency band; "TACS mobile telephony network" means a public, analogue, land-based, cellular, mobile telephony network operating in the 900 MHz frequency band.
  5. The following class of apparatus for wireless telegraphy, namely, mobile telephones, 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. GIVEN under my hand, this 1st day of October, 1997 _______________________ Etain Doyle Director of Telecommunications Regulation EXPLANATORY NOTE This Order provides for the exemption of GSM and TACS mobile telephones from the requirement to be licensed under the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 . Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais

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