S.I. No. 398/2001 - Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of Certain Classes of Land Mobile Earth Stations) Order, 2001 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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- s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile Statutory InstrumentsIonstraimí Reachtúla 2001 S.I. No. 398/2001 - Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of Certain Classes of Land Mobile Earth Stations) Order, 2001 S.I. No. 398/2001 - Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of Certain Classes of Land Mobile Earth Stations) Order, 2001 AmendmentsLeasuithe 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:
- This Order may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (section 3) (Exemption of certain classes of Land Mobile Earth Stations) Order,
- The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.
- The following Wireless Telegraphy Act 1926 (Section 3) Orders, are now revoked, namely the Orders described in Schedule 1 to this Order.
- The following classes of apparatus for wireless telegraphy are hereby declared to be classes of apparatus for wireless telegraphy to which section 3 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 is not to apply, namely, the classes of apparatus for wireless telegraphy described in Schedule 2 to this Order. Schedule 1 Revocations Orders Revoked Statutory Instrument (S.I. No.) Wireless Telegraphy Act 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of Inmarsat — D Terminals for Land Mobile Applications) Order 1999 S.I. No. 100 of 1999 Wireless Telegraphy Act 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of Inmarsat-C Terminals for Land Mobile Applications) Order, 1999 S.I. No. 101 of 1999 Wireless Telegraphy Act 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of Inmarsat-M Terminals for Land Mobile Applications) Order, 1999 S.I. No. 102 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 (i) Arcanet Suitcase Terminals) Order, 1999 S.I. No. 104 of 1999 Wireless Telegraphy Act 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of EMS-PRODAT Terminals for Land Mobile Applications) Order, 1999 S.I. No. 105 of 1999 Wireless Telegraphy Act 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of EMS-MSSAT Terminals for Land Mobile Applications) Order, 1999 S.I. No. 106 of 1999 Wireless Telegraphy Act 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of Inmarsat Mini-M Terminals for Land Mobile Applications) Order, 1999 S.I. No. 109 of 1999 Wireless Telegraphy Act 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of (ii) Arcanet Suitcase Terminals) Order, 1999 S.I. No. 110 of 1999 Schedule 2 Apparatus for wireless telegraphy to which Section 3 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 does not apply Part I Interpretation In this schedule - “ARCANET Land Mobile Suitcase Stations” means stations adapted or designed to provide voice and data communications from any land mobile earth station in a land mobile-satellite service, as covered by ERC/DEC/
(98)17; “CEPT” means the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations; “EMS-MSSAT Land Mobile Stations” means stations adapted or designed to provide two-way voice, data and short message services from any land mobile earth station in a land mobile-satellite service, as covered by ERC/DEC/
(98)19; “EMS-PRODAT Land Mobile Stations” means stations adapted or designed to provide a low rate message handling system from any land mobile earth station in a land mobile-satellite service, as covered by ERC/DEC/
(98)18; “EN 301-681” means a harmonised standard being a Harmonised EN for Mobile Earth Stations (MESs) of Geostationary mobile satellite systems, including handheld earth stations, for Satellite Personal Communications Networks (S-PCN) in 1,5/1,6 GHz bands under the Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) covering essential requirements under Article 3.2 of the R&TTE Directive; “ERC” means the European Radiocommunications Committee of CEPT; “ERC/DEC/
(98)12” means ERC Decision of 23 November 1998 on exemption from individual licensing of Inmarsat-D terminals for land mobile application; “ERC /DEC/
(98)13” means ERC Decision of 23 November 1998 on exemption from individual licensing of Inmarsat-C terminals for land mobile application; “ERC /DEC/
(98)14” means ERC Decision of 23 November 1998 on exemption from individual licensing of Inmarsat-M terminals for land mobile application; “ERC /DEC/
(98)15” means ERC Decision of 23 November 1998 on exemption from individual licensing of Omnitracs terminals for the Euteltracs system; “ERC /DEC/
(98)17” means ERC Decision of 23 November 1998 on exemption from individual licensing of ARCANET Suitcase terminals; “ERC /DEC/
(98)18” means ERC Decision of 23 November 1998 on exemption from individual licensing of EMS-PRODAT terminals for land mobile application; “ERC /DEC/
(98)19” means ERC Decision of 23 November 1998 on exemption from individual licensing of EMS-MSSAT terminals for land mobile application; “ERC /DEC/
(98)29” means ERC Decision of 23 November 1998 on exemption from individual licensing of Inmarsat mini-M terminals for land mobile application; “ERC/DEC/
(99)18” means ERC Decision of 29 November 1999 on exemption from individual licensing of Inmarsat-B terminals for land mobile application; “ERC/DEC/
(99)20” means ERC Decision of 29 November 1999 on exemption from individual licensing of Inmarsat-M4 terminals for land mobile application; “ERC/DEC/
(01)22” means ERC Decision of 12 March 2001 on exemption from individual licensing of SpaceChecker S-SMS mobile user terminals; “ERC/DEC/
(01)25” means ERC Decision of 12 March 2001 on exemption from individual licensing of Thuraya mobile user terminals; “Euteltracs system” means a satellite communications system operating in a land mobile-satellite service; “Harmonised Standard” means a technical specification adopted by a recognised standards body under a mandate from the European Commission in uniformity with the procedures laid down in Directive 98/34/EC as amended from time to time, for the purpose of establishing a European requirement, compliance with which is not compulsory; “Land Mobile Earth Station” means land mobile apparatus for wireless telegraphy, to be used while in motion or during halts at unspecified points and which operates in frequency bands allocated to the land mobile-satellite service; “Land Mobile-Satellite Service” means a radiocommunications service between land mobile earth stations and one or more space stations; “Inmarsat-B Land Mobile Stations” means stations adapted or designed to provide voice communication, fax and data service in a land mobile-satellite service, as covered by ERC/DEC/
(99)18; “Inmarsat-C Land Mobile Stations” means stations adapted or designed to provide low bit-rate data service in a land mobile-satellite service, as covered by ERC/DEC/
(98)13; “Inmarsat-D Land Mobile Stations” means stations adapted or designed to support bi-directional store-and-forward short message data communications in a land mobile satellite service, as covered by ERC/DEC/
(98)12; “Inmarsat-M Land Mobile Stations” means stations adapted or designed to provide voice communication, fax and data service in a land mobile-satellite service, as covered by ERC/DEC/
(98)14; “Inmarsat Mini-M Land Mobile Stations” means stations adapted or designed to provide portable voice communication, fax and data service in a land mobile-satellite service, as covered by ERC/DEC/
(98)29; “Inmarsat-M4 Land Mobile Stations” means stations adapted or designed to provide, digital voice and data service in a land mobile-satellite service, as covered by ERC/DEC/
(99)20; “Omnitrac Land Mobile Stations” means stations adapted or designed to provide bi-directional short message data communications in a land mobile-satellite service, as covered by ERC/DEC/
(98)15; “R&TTE Directive” means Directive 1999/5/EC of European Parliament and Council, of 9 March 1999, on radio and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity; “Spacechecker S-SMS Land Mobile Stations” means stations adapted or designed to provide a low rate message handling system from any land mobile earth station in a land mobile-satellite service, as covered by ERC/DEC/
(01)22; “The Regulations” means the European Communities (Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment) Regulations, 2001 ( S.I. No. 240 of 2001 ); “Thuraya Land Mobile Stations” means stations adapted or designed to provide voice communication, fax and data services in a land mobile-satellite service, as covered by ERC/DEC/
(01)25; “TBR 026” means a harmonised standard for Low data rate Land Mobile satellite Earth Stations (LMES) operating in the 1,5/1,6 GHz frequency bands; “TBR 027” means a harmonised standard for Low data rate Land Mobile satellite Earth Stations (LMES) operating in the 11/12/14 GHz frequency bands; “TBR 044” means a Harmonised Standard for Low data rate Land Mobile Satellite Earth Stations (LMES) operating in the 1,5 GHz and 1,6 GHz frequency bands providing voice and/or data communications. Part II Classes of apparatus to which Section 3 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1926 does not apply
(1)Land Mobile Earth Stations which are: (
- a)of a type indicated in columns 1 and 2 in table 1, and (
- b)operate in the frequencies in column 4 in table 1, and (
- c)fulfil the requirements laid down in the harmonised standards set out in Column 3 or otherwise meet the essential requirements of the Regulations, and (
- d)in any event fulfil all requirements of the Regulations. Table 1 - Class of Apparatus Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Stations Specific Station Type Harmonised Standard Frequency Bands Inmarsat Land Mobile Stations D TBR 026 1525 — 1559 MHz (space-to-Earth) and 1626.5-1660.5MHz (Earth-to-space) excluding the bands 1544-1545MHz and 1645.5-1646.5MHz C TBR 026 M TBR 044 Mini M TBR 044 M4 TBR 044 B TBR 044 Eutelsat Land Mobile Stations Omnitracs Stations for Euteltracs System TBR 027 10.7-11.7GHz (space-to-Earth) 12.5-12.75GHz (space-to-Earth) and 14-14.25GHz (Earth-to-space) Italsat Land Mobile Stations EMS-PRODAT TBR 044 1525-1559MHz (space-to-Earth) and 1626.5-1660.5 (Earth-to-space) excluding the bands 1544-1545MHz and 1645.5-1646.5MHz EMS-PRODAT TBR 026 Spacechecker S-SMS TBR 026 1525-1559MHz (space-to-Earth) and 1626.5-1660.5 (Earth-to-space) excluding the bands 1544-1545MHz and 1645.5-1646.5MHz (unless used for distress and safety communications) Arcanet Suitcase Land Mobile Stations Arcanet Suitcase TBR 027 11.45-11.70GHz (space-to-Earth), 12.5-12.75GHz (space-to-Earth) and 14.0-14.25GHz (Earth-to-space) Land Mobile Thuraya Stations Thuraya Station EN 301-681 1525-1559MHz (space-to-Earth) and 1626.5-1660.5 (Earth-to-space) excluding the bands 1544-1545MHz and 1645.5-1646.5MHz (unless used for distress and safety communications) GIVEN under my hand, this 13th day of August, 2001 ETAIN DOYLE Director of Telecommunications Regulation 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 certain wireless telegraphy stations and apparatus 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