Wireless Telegraphy (Teleport Facility) Regulations, 2001
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Teleport Facility) Regulations, 2001.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of February 2001
Interpretation
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations -
“audit” means an independent audit carried out by a competent third party (the competency of the auditor to be determined by the Director) at the expense of the licensee, to assess compliance with any radiation emission standards adopted and published by the International Commission for Non-Ionising Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) or its successors from time to time, any radiation emission standards of the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standards and any radiation standards specified by national and EC law;
“authorised officer” means a person appointed by the Director in writing to be an authorised officer for the purpose of these Regulations;
“equivalent isotropically radiated power” means the product of the power supplied to the antenna and the antenna gain in a given direction relative to an isotropic antenna;
“fixed satellite earth station” means a satellite earth station or satellite earth stations, operating to the geostationary orbit in the fixed satellite service and in frequencies above 3 GHz which form part of a teleport facility;
“fixed satellite service” means a radio-communication service between earth stations at specified fixed points when one or more satellites are used;
“harmful interference” means interference which endangers the functioning of a radionavigation service or other safety services or which otherwise seriously degrades, obstructs or repeatedly interrupts any lawfully operating radio-communications service;
“high altitude platform station” means apparatus for wireless telegraphy located on an object at an altitude of 20km to 50km and at a specified, nominal, fixed point relative to the Earth;
“Licence” means a Licence under section 5 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (No. 45 of 1926), for a teleport facility as defined in these Regulations and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;
“Licensee” means the holder of a Licence;
“Licensing Regulations” means the European Communities (Telecommunications Licences) Regulations, 1998 ( SI No. 96 of 1998 );
“non-transportable satellite earth station” means a fixed satellite earth station operated at a single specified location;
“radio-communications service” means a service involving the transmission, emission and/or reception of radio waves specified for specific telecommunications purposes;
“satellite earth station” means apparatus for wireless telegraphy, located on the Earth's surface, intended for the transmission of radio signals to, and/or the reception of radio signals from a space station;
“space station” means apparatus for wireless telegraphy that is located on an object which is beyond the major portion of the Earth's atmosphere and which is not a high altitude platform station;
“steerable antenna” means an antenna that can be continuously varied in azimuth and elevation during its use, enabling it to operate to more than one space station, these being at different locations;
“telecommunications hub” means a facility providing access, to or from telecommunications networks, systems or services to which section 111 of the Act of 1983 applies (as amended by the Licensing Regulations);
“Telecommunications Licence” means a Licence under section 111(2) of the Act of 1983;
“teleport facility” means a telecommunications hub consisting of three or more non-transportable satellite earth stations which may be subject to international co-ordination as required and provided for under the Radio Regulations of the International Telecommunications Union, which are capable of transmitting on more than one frequency to more than one space station simultaneously using steerable antennae;
“the Act of 1926” means the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (No. 45 of 1926);
“the Act of 1983” means the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983 (No. 24 of 1983);
“the Director” means the Director of Telecommunications Regulation appointed under the Telecommunications (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1996 (No. 34 of 1996);
“the Regulations” means the Wireless Telegraphy (Teleport Facility) Regulations, 2001 (S.I. No. of 2001);
“transportable satellite earth station” means a fixed satellite earth station which is transportable, which operates at varying locations and which remains in a fixed location during operation.
(2) In these Regulations -
(a) a reference to an enactment or regulation shall be construed as a reference to the enactment or regulation as amended or extended by or under any subsequent enactment or regulation;