This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in SI 2012/2817 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 2970
Electronic Communications
The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Award) (Amendment) Regulations 2012
Made
27th November 2012
Coming into force
30th November 2012
The Office of Communications (“OFCOM”) make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on OFCOM by section 14(1), (2), (3), (4), (6) and (7) and section 122(7) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006( 1 ) (“the 2006 Act”).
OFCOM have not given notice of a proposal to make these Regulations under section 122(4)(a) of the 2006 Act nor published notice of a proposal to make these Regulations under section 122(4)(b) of the 2006 Act because it appears to OFCOM that by reason of the urgency of the matter it is inexpedient to publish such a notice and therefore, in accordance with section 16(2) of the 2006 Act, subsections (4) to (6) of section 122 of the 2006 Act do not apply.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Award) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and shall come into force on 30th November 2012.
Amendment of the Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Award) Regulations 2012
2. —(1)The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Award) Regulations 2012( 2 ) are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 16 (Recording of spectrum holdings)—
(a) in paragraph (1) after the words “under regulations 6(1), 7(2), 7(3) or 8” insert “and the requirement in paragraph (5)”; and
(b) after paragraph (4) add the following paragraph—
“ (5) The requirement is that, when recording existing spectrum holdings, OFCOM shall not record any existing spectrum holdings which are authorisations which will expire before 2nd October 2015. ”
(3) In regulation 24 (The spectrum cap rule), in sub-paragraph (4)(b), after the words “under this award process” insert “other than rights of use that relate to 2.6 GHz concurrent low power 10 MHz lots or 2.6 GHz concurrent low power 20 MHz lots”.
(4) In Schedule 1 (Frequency lots), in Column (2) of Table 2 for “2550-2555 and 2570-2675” substitute “2550-2555 and 2670-2675”.
Ed Richards
Chief Executive of the Office of Communications
For and by authority of the Office of Communications
27th November 2012