Wireless Telegraphy (Uhf Television Programme Retransmission) Regulations 2003
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (UHF Television Programme Retransmission) Regulations 2003.
Interpretation
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“Act of 1926” means the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1926 (No. 45 of 1926);
“Act of 1972” means that Wireless Telegraphy Act 1972 (No. 5 of 1972);
“Act of 2002” means the Communications Regulation Act 2002 (No. 20 of 2002);
“Apparatus” means apparatus for wireless telegraphy operating in the frequency bands designated by the Commission for UHF Television Programme Retransmission and, in relation to a Licence, means apparatus to which the Licence relates;
“Application” means an application to the Commission for the grant of a Licence;
“Authorisation Regulations” mean European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Authorisation) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 306 of 2003);
“Authorised Officer” means a person appointed under Regulation 9 of these Regulations to be an authorised officer;
“DTT” means Digital Terrestrial Television;
“Deflector Network” means a network of retransmission stations;
“Licence” means a licence under section 5 of the Act of 1926 to which Regulation 3 of these Regulations applies and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;
“Licensed programme service” means any of the following programme services:
(a) television broadcasts (within the meaning of the Wireless Telegraphy (Television Programme Retransmission and Relay Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 252 of 1991 )) that originate in another Member State of the European Communities and that fall within the fields coordinated by Council Directive 89/552/EEC1 of 3 October 1989 as amended by Council Directive 97/36/EEC2 of 30 June 1997;
(b) a television programme service (within the meaning of the Regulations referred to in paragraph (a)) that originates in a state (other than a Member State of the European Communities) being a party to the European Convention on Transfrontier Television done at Strasbourg on the 5th day of May, 1989 and that complies with the terms of the Convention;
(c) a programme service that originates in the State authorised for the time being by law;
“Licensee” means the holder of a Licence;
“Non-reserved spectrum” means those frequency channels that are not part of the reserved spectrum;
“Reserved spectrum” means those frequency channels which are currently used to broadcast national analogue services and reserved for DTT and/or the further rollout of national analogue services at particular locations and with particular characteristics as specified in a document published periodically by the Commission;
“Retransmission” means the reception by means of wireless telegraphy of a licensed programme service and the subsequent transmission in the UHF broadcasting band (470.0 — 862.0 MHz) of that programme service, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;
“Retransmission station” means apparatus for wireless telegraphy (and any other apparatus associated therewith) that is used for retransmission and is situate at any one location, as particularised in Part I of the licence;
“UHF” means Ultra High Frequency;
In these Regulations:
(2) (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;