Wireless Telegraphy (Fixed Satellite Earth Stations) Regulations, 2000
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Fixed Satellite Earth Stations) Regulations, 2000.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of September 2000.
Interpretation.
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paragraphs: (1) In these Regulations—
“annual Licence” means a Licence under section 5 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (No. 45 of 1926), for a fixed satellite earth station or fixed satellite earth stations to which Regulation 3, Regulation 7 and Regulation 9 paragraphs (1) to (6) apply and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;
“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 operating to the geostationary orbit in the fixed satellite service and in frequencies above 3 GHz other than a fixed satellite earth station forming 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), being an annual or a short-term Licence for a fixed satellite earth station or fixed satellite earth stations 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 ( S.I. No. 96 of 1998 );
“non-transportable satellite earth station” means a fixed satellite earth station operated at a single specified location;
“radiocommunications 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;
“short-term Licence” means a Licence under section 5 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (No. 45 of 1926), for a fixed satellite earth station or fixed satellite earth stations which is non-renewable and to which Regulation 3, Regulation 8 and Regulation 9 paragraph (7) apply and cognate words shall be construed accordingly;
“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;
“Telecommunications Licence” means a Licence under section 111(2) of the Act of 1983;
“telecommunications network” means the transmission equipment and, where applicable, switching equipment and other resources which permit the conveyance of signals between defined termination points by wire, by radio, by optical or other electromagnetic means;
“teleport facility” means two or more non-transportable fixed satellite earth stations which collectively provide access to or from a telecommunications network for the provision of third party services, and which are located at a single, physically demarcated geographic location, and which collectively 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);
“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;