S.I. No. 108/1999 - Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of Ermes Paging Receivers) Order, 1999.

1. This Order may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of Ermes paging receivers) Order, 1999.

2. The

Interpretation Act, 1937

(No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. In this Order—

“CEPT” means the European Postal and Telecommunications Conference;

“ERC” means European Radiocommunications Committee of CEPT;

“ERO” means European Radiocommunications Office of CEPT;

“ETSI” means the European Telecommunications Standards Institute;

“ERMES” means European Radio Message System;

“TBR 007.ed.1” means Technical Basis for Regulation 07.ed.1 of November 1994 produced by the Satellite and Systems (SES) Technical Committee of ETSI.

“TBR 007.ed.2” means Technical Basis for Regulation 07.ed.2 of December 1997 produced by the Satellite and Systems (SES) Technical Committee of ETSI.

4. The following class of apparatus for wireless telegraphy is hereby declared to be a class of apparatus for wireless telegraphy to which

section 3

of the

Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926

(No. 45 of 1926), is not to apply, namely, ERMES paging receivers which

(

a

) that operate within the 169.4125-169.8125 MHz band.

(

b

) that ERMES paging receivers comply with

TBR 007.ed.1 (I-ETS 300 133-4 and ETS/300 133-5),

TBR 007.ed.2 (I-ETS 300 133-4 and ETS/300 133-5),

GIVEN under my hand, this 21st day of April, 1999.

ETAIN DOYLE,

Director of Telecommunications Regulation.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order provides for the exemption of ERMES paging receivers from the requirement to be licensed under the

Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926

.

I, ETAIN DOYLE, Director of Telecommunications Regulation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (6) (inserted by

section 11

of the

Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1972

(No. 5 of 1972)) of

section 3

of the

Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926

(No. 45 of 1926), and

section 4

of the

Telecommunications (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1996

(No. 34 of 1996), hereby order as follows