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S.I. No. 436/1998 - Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of Citizens' Band (Cb) Radios) Order, 1998

S.I. No. 436/1998 - Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of Citizens' Band (Cb) Radios) Order, 1998 Skip to content Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Gaeilge Léim go dtí an t-ábhar Séanadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach English Gaeilge English Produced by the Office of the Attorney General Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne Home Legislation Acts of the Oireachtas Statutory Instruments Pre-1922 Legislation Constitution External Resources Bills (Houses of the Oireachtas) Iris Oifigiúil / Official Gazette Revised Acts (LRC) Classified List of Legislation (LRC) Translations (acts.

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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 Citizens' Band (CB) Radios) Order,
  2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order. 3.
(1)In this Order— "AM citizens' band (CB) radio equipment" means double sideband and/or single sideband amplitude modulated radio equipment which complies with ETS 300 433; "Citizens' band (CB) radios" means AM citizens' band (CB) radio equipment and PR 27 radio equipment; "ETS 300 135" means the European Telecommunication Standard entitled "Radio Equipment and Systems; Angle-modulated Citizens' Band radio equipment (CEPT PR 27 Radio Equipment); Technical characteristics and methods of measurement" prepared by an Experts' Group of the Radio Equipment and Systems (RES) Technical Committee of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), as amended; "ETS 300 433" means the European Telecommunication Standard entitled "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Double Side Band (DSB) and/or Single Side Band (SSB) amplitude modulated Citizens' Band (CB) radio equipment; Technical characteristics and methods of measurement" produced by the Radio Equipment and Systems (RES) Technical Committee of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), as amended; "PR 27 radio equipment" means angle-modulated radio equipment which complies with ETS 300 135; "radio equipment" means apparatus for wireless telegraphy that is capable of being used for transmitting and receiving messages by means of radiated electro-magnetic waves.
(2)A word or expression that is used in this Order and in ETS 300 135 or ETS 300 433 shall have the meaning in this Order that it has in ETS 300 135 or, as appropriate, ETS 300
  1. Notwithstanding the Wireless Telegraphy (Personal Radio Licence) Regulations, 1982 ( S.I. No. 8 of 1982 ), 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 citizens' band (CB) radios used solely for the purposes of transmitting and receiving spoken messages. GIVEN under my hand, this 11th day of November, 1998 Etain Doyle Director of Telecommunications Regulation EXPLANATORY NOTE This Order provides for the exemption of Citizens' band (CB) radio systems from the requirement to be licensed under the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 . In order to qualify for this exemption a Citizens' band (CB) radio system must be type approved and must conform with all other technical specifications laid down in this Order. 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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