Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/36/contents
Timestamp: 2018-06-19 05:37:15
Document Index: 657576552

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 1', 'art 2', 'ART 2', 'art 3', 'art 4', 'art 4', 'art 5', 'art 5', 'art 1', 'art 3', 'art 2', 'art 1', 'art 1', 'art 2', 'art 2']

Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 19 June 2018. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date.
Part 1 General provision about radio spectrum
Radio spectrum functions of OFCOM
1.General functions
2.United Kingdom Plan for Frequency Authorisation
3.Duties of OFCOM when carrying out functions
4.Advisory service in relation to interference
5.Directions of Secretary of State
6.Procedure for directions
7.Special duty in relation to television multiplexes
Part 2 Regulation of radio spectrum
Chapter 1 Wireless telegraphy licences
8.Licences and exemptions
8A.Review of long licences
8B.Restriction on grant of exclusive licence
8C.Consultation before grant of exclusive licence
9.Terms, provisions and limitations
9ZA. Restrictions on imposition of limitations etc under section 9
9A.Notice to satellite uplinkers
11.Surrender of licence
12.Charges for grant of licence
13.Matters taken into account
14.Bidding for licences
17.Sections 12 to 16: interpretation
Chapter 2 Grants of recognised spectrum access
18.Grant of recognised spectrum access
20.Effect of grant of recognised spectrum access
21.Charges for grant of recognised spectrum access
22.Matters taken into account
23.Bidding for grants
24.Recovery
26.Sections 21 to 25: interpretation
Chapter 3 Management of radio spectrum
27.Conversion into and from wireless telegraphy licences
28.Payments by the Crown
29.Limitations on authorised spectrum use
30.Spectrum trading
31.Wireless telegraphy register
32.Statistical information
32A.Information required for purposes of radio spectrum functions
32B.Restrictions on imposing information requirements
32C.Notification of contravention of information requirements
32D.Penalties for contravention of information requirements
32E.Enforcement of notification under section 32C
33.Failure to provide information etc
34.Statement of policy
35.Unauthorised use etc of wireless telegraphy station or apparatus
36.Keeping available for unauthorised use
37.Allowing premises to be used for unlawful broadcasting
38.Facilitating unauthorised broadcasting
39.Contravention of terms, etc
40.Repeated contravention
41.Procedure for prosecutions
42.Special procedure for contraventions by holders of wireless telegraphy licences
43.Amount of penalty under section 42
43A.Special procedure for contraventions of certain provisions
44.Relevant amount of gross revenue
Regulations about wireless telegraphy
47.Misleading messages
48.Interception and disclosure of messages
49.Interception authorities
50.Apparatus on foreign-registered ships etc
51.Apparatus in vehicles
52.Wireless personnel
53.Surrender of authority
PART 2A Regulation of dynamic spectrum access services
53A.Registration of providers of dynamic spectrum access services
53B.Revocation and variation of registration
53C.Register of providers of dynamic spectrum access services
53D.Fees for registration etc
53E.Notification of contravention of registration restrictions or conditions
53F.Penalties under section 53E
53G.Enforcement of notification under section 53E
53H.Meaning of “relevant amount of gross revenue”
53I.Requirement to provide information about gross revenue
53J.Provision of information to persons registered under section 53A
53K.Notification of contravention of information requirements
53L.Penalties under section 53K
53M.Enforcement of notification under section 53K
Part 3 Regulation of apparatus
54.Regulations about use and sale etc of apparatus
55.Enforcement: use of apparatus
56.Enforcement: sale etc of apparatus
57.Appeal against notice under section 55 or 56 etc
58.Contravening notice under section 55 or 56
59.Entry and search of premises etc
60.Obstruction and failure to assist
61.Sections 54 to 60: interpretation
62.Restriction orders
63.Authorities
64.Compatibility with international obligations
65.Powers of Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
66.Offences
67.Restriction orders: interpretation
68.Deliberate interference
Part 4 Approval of apparatus etc
69.Approval of apparatus
70.Approvals: supplementary
71.The relevant authority
72.Information etc on or with apparatus
73.Information etc in advertisements
75.Default of third person
76.Part 4: interpretation
Part 5 Prohibition of broadcasting from sea or air
77.Broadcasting from ships and aircraft
78.Broadcasting from marine structures etc
79.Broadcasting from prescribed areas of high seas
80.Acts connected with broadcasting
81.Management of station
82.Facilitating broadcasting from ships or aircraft
83.Facilitating broadcasting from structures etc
84.Maintaining or repairing apparatus
85.Acts relating to broadcast material
86.Facilitation offences: territorial scope
87.Procuring person to commit offence abroad
88.Enforcement officers
89.Enforcement powers
90.Enforcement powers: facilitation offences
91.Exercise of powers
92.Further provisions
93.Penalties and proceedings
94.Saving for certain broadcasts
95.Part 5: interpretation
96.Fixed penalties for summary offences
97.Powers of entry and search
98.Obstruction and failure to assist
99.Powers of seizure
100.Obstruction
101.Detention and disposal of property
102.Section 101: conclusion of proceedings
103.Forfeiture on conviction
104.Forfeiture etc of restricted apparatus
105.Offences relating to ships or aircraft
106.Continuing offences
107.Proceedings and enforcement
108.Civil proceedings
109.Fines in Scotland
110.Criminal liability of company directors etc
111.General restrictions
Notifications etc and electronic working
112.Service of documents
113.Documents in electronic form
114.Timing and location of things done electronically
115.General interpretation
116.“Wireless telegraphy”
117.“Wireless telegraphy apparatus” and “wireless telegraphy station”
118.Extent
119.Territorial application
120.Territorial sea and other waters
121.Orders and regulations made by Secretary of State
122.Orders and regulations made by OFCOM
124.Transitional provisions, savings and transitory modifications
125.Repeals and revocations
126.Short title and commencement
Procedure for wireless telegraphy licences
1.(1) An application for a grant of a wireless telegraphy...
2.(1) The time limits fixed for the purposes of paragraph...
3.The grounds on which a licence may be refused by...
4.Where OFCOM propose to refuse a licence they must—
5.A wireless telegraphy licence continues in force, unless previously revoked...
6.OFCOM may revoke a wireless telegraphy licence or vary its...
6A.OFCOM may not revoke or vary a wireless telegraphy licence...
7.(1) Where OFCOM propose to revoke or vary a wireless...
8.(1) The terms that OFCOM may include in a wireless...
1.(1) An application for a grant of recognised spectrum access...
2.The grounds on which a grant of recognised spectrum access...
3.(1) Where OFCOM propose to refuse an application for a...
4.A grant of recognised spectrum access continues in force, unless...
5.OFCOM may revoke or modify a grant of recognised spectrum...
6.(1) Where OFCOM propose to revoke or modify a grant...
7.(1) The conditions that OFCOM may include in a grant...
Suspension and revocation of authorities issued to wireless personnel
1.(1) On suspending the authority, the Secretary of State must...
2.(1) The person to whom the authority was issued may...
3.(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies— (a) after the Secretary of State...
4.The Secretary of State is to pay—
1.(1) This Schedule applies to an offence under this Act...
2.(1) The fixed penalty for a relevant offence is such...
3.(1) If OFCOM have reason to believe that a person...
4.(1) A fixed penalty notice must— (a) state the alleged...
5.If it appears to a person who has issued a...
6.A person who issues (or withdraws) a fixed penalty notice...
7.(1) This paragraph applies if a fixed penalty notice is...
8.(1) If the alleged offender decides to pay the fixed...
9.If the fixed penalty specified in a fixed penalty notice...
10.(1) This paragraph applies to proceedings for a relevant offence....
11.In any proceedings, a certificate— (a) that payment of a...
12.The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision as...
13.In this Schedule “relevant officer” means— (a) in relation to...
1.(1) Where a person is convicted of a relevant offence,...
2.(1) Where a person is convicted of an offence under...
3.Apparatus may be ordered to be forfeited under paragraph 1...
4.Apparatus ordered to be forfeited under paragraph 1 or 2...
5.(1) A court that orders apparatus to be forfeited under...
6.Section 140 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)...
Provisions as to deprivation of property disapplied
7.The following provisions (under which a court convicting a person...
Seizure and forfeiture of restricted apparatus
1.(1) This Schedule applies to restricted apparatus seized—
2.(1) OFCOM must give notice of the seizure of the...
3.A person claiming that the restricted apparatus is not liable...
5.The restricted apparatus is to be taken to have been...
8.Proceedings for condemnation are civil proceedings and may be instituted—...
13.(1) This paragraph applies where a requirement is imposed by...
14.In proceedings arising out of the seizure of restricted apparatus,...
16.(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of—
17.Neither the imposition of a requirement by or under this...
1.In section 14 of the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955...
2.(1) Section 5 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967 (offences...
3.In section 7 of the Theatres Act 1968 (exceptions for...
4.In section 190 of the Port of London Act 1968...
5.In section 142 of the Local Government Act 1972 (provision...
Thames Barrier and Flood Prevention Act 1972 (c. xlv)
6.In section 53 of the Thames Barrier and Flood Prevention...
7.In section 9 of the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and...
8.In Article 26(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern...
9.The Broadcasting Act 1990 is amended as follows.
10.In section 3 (licences under Part 1 of that Act)...
11.In section 86 (licences under Part 3 of that Act)...
12.(1) Section 89 (offences giving rise to disqualification) is amended...
13.In section 202 (general interpretation) in subsection (1), for the...
14.In section 11 of the Intelligence Services Act 1994 (interpretation...
15.In section 91 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (report...
16.In section 302 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995...
17.In section 3 of the Broadcasting Act 1996 (licences under...
18.In section 42 of that Act (licences under Part 2...
19.In section 108 of the Police Act 1997 (interpretation of...
20.In Schedule 10 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (munitions and...
21.The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 is amended as...
22.(1) Section 3 (lawful interception without an interception warrant) is...
23.In section 18 (exceptions to section 17) in subsection (12)(c),...
24.In section 81 (general interpretation) in subsection (1), in the...
25.The Communications Act 2003 is amended as follows.
26.In section 14 (consumer research) in subsection (2), for “the...
27.In section 190 (resolution of disputes referred to OFCOM) in...
28.In section 192(1) (appeals: decisions subject to appeal)—
29.In section 364 (TV licences) in subsection (2)(f), for “the...
30.In section 366 (powers to enforce TV licensing) in subsection...
31.In section 393 (general restrictions on disclosure of information) in...
32.In section 400 (destination of licence fees and penalties), in...
33.(1) Section 401 (power of OFCOM to retain costs of...
34.(1) Section 405 (general interpretation) is amended as follows.
35.In section 410 (application of enactments to territorial sea and...
36.In Schedule 8 (decisions not subject to civil appeal), omit...
37.In section 146 of the Income Tax (Trading and Other...
38.In Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Commissioners for...
Transitional provisions, savings and transitory modifications
Part 1 Transitional provisions and savings
1.The substitution of provisions of this Act for provisions repealed...
3.A reference (express or implied) in this Act or another...
4.(1) A reference (express or implied) in an enactment, or...
6.Paragraphs 2 and 4(1) do not apply to an Order...
8.A reference to an enactment repealed by this Act which...
9.(1) This paragraph has effect during the period of two...
10.An order under Part 2 of the Deregulation and Contracting...
11.(1) This paragraph has effect in relation to wireless telegraphy...
12.(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where, immediately before the commencement of...
13.The repeal by this Act of sections 11 and 12...
14.The repeal by this Act of part of section 3(1)(ii)...
Procedure for prosecutions
15.(1) This paragraph has effect in relation to prosecutions to...
16.In relation to an offence committed before the commencement of...
17.In relation to an offence committed before 18th September 2003...
18.In relation to an offence committed on or after 18th...
19.In relation to an offence committed before the commencement of...
20.Schedule 4 to this Act does not apply to offences...
21.In relation to an offence committed before 18th September 2003...
22.Nothing in section 104 of, and Schedule 6 to, this...
Appeals of wireless telegraphy decisions
23.The repeals made by this Act do not affect the...
24.(1) An Order in Council made under a provision that...
25.(1) This paragraph applies in the case of an Order...
Part 2 Transitory modifications
26.(1) This paragraph applies if paragraph 25 of Schedule 7...
27.(1) This paragraph applies if— (a) section 180 of the...
28.Section 121(3) of this Act does not apply to an...
29.(1) This paragraph applies to any transitional or transitory provision...