Regulations, 2010

L.N. FEES

232 of ORDINANCE

(CAP. 35)

FEES ORDINANCE

(CAP. 35)

Fees (Radiocommunications) (Amendment) (No. 3)

Regulations, 2010

Fees (Radiocommunications) (Amendment) (No. 3)

Regulations, 2010

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 2 of the Fees

IN exercise

of the powers Transport

conferred by

and article 2 of the

Ordinance, the Minister

for Infrastructure,

Fees

the Ordinance,

concurrence the

of Minister

for of

Infrastructure,

Finance, the Transport and

Communications with

the Minister

Economy and Investment, has made the following regulations -

Communications with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance,

The the

title Economy

and Investment,

has made

the following

regulations -

of these

regulations

is the

Fees Citation.

(Radiocommunications) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 2010 L.N. 26 of 1995.

they shall be read 1 . and T h construed

e t i t l e o as

f t one

h e s e with

r e g the

u l a t Fees

ions is the Fees

(Radiocommunications)

(Amendment)

(No.

to 3) Regulations,

(Radiocommunications)

Regulations, 1995 hereinafter

referred

2010 and they shall be read and construed as one with the Fees

as “the principal regulations”.

(Radiocommunications) Regulations, 1995 hereinafter referred to

L.N. 26 of 1995.

as “the principal regulations”.

the Section

II of

to the

the Schedule

to the principal

regulations

2. Section Section

II of

Schedule

principal regulations

Amends

Section II

II of

to the as follows

of the Schedule to

shall be amended as follows

amended

principal regulations.

the principal

regulations .

(1)

Item 3 thereof shall be substituted with the following

“3. (a) Fixed Radio-Relay link operating in frequency bands below 1GHz, for each

terminal, depending upon the bandwidth, per annum fee

(i) not more than 100kHz ............................................... 230

(ii) more than 100kHz up to 1MHz .................................... 465

(iii) more than 1MHz up to 10MHz .....................................695

(iv) more than 10MHz up to 100MHz ..................................930

(v) more than 100MHz, per 100MHz bandwidth ...................930

(b) Fixed Radio-Relay link, operating in frequency bands above 1 GHz and

assigned prior to 2010, for each terminal, depending upon the bandwidth, per

annum fee applicable up to 31 st December 2010

(i) not more than 100kHz ............................................... 230

(ii) more than 100kHz up to 1MHz .................................... 465

(iii) more than 1MHz up to 10MHz .....................................695

(iv) more than 10MHz up to 100MHz .................................930

(v) more than 100MHz, per 100MHz bandwidth ................... 930

(c) Fixed Radio-Relay link, operating in frequency bands above 1 GHz and

assigned prior to 2010, per annum fee applicable from 1 st January 2011 to 31 st

December 2011

(i) For the first link, operating on a channel, for each terminal, depending

upon the bandwidth

a. not more than 100kHz ............................................... 230

B

b. more than 100kHz up to 1MHz .................................... 465

c. more than 1MHz up to 10MHz ..................................... 695

d. more than 10MHz up to 100MHz ..................................930

e. more than 100MHz, per 100MHz bandwidth ..................930

(ii) for subsequent links, operating on a re-used channel,

per link .........................................................................

40% off

fees in (i)

above

(iii) for a channel, independent of the number of links

deployed, per MHz bandwidth .........................................

247.50

(d) Fixed Radio-Relay link, operating in frequency bands above 1 GHz and

assigned prior to 2010, per annum fee applicable from 1 st January 2012

(i) for the first link, operating on a channel, per MHz bandwidth………..

(ii) for subsequent links, operating on a re-used channel, per link per MHz

bandwidth .........................................................................................

(iii) for a channel, independent of the number of links deployed, per MHz

bandwidth .........................................................................................

(e) Fixed Radio-Relay link, operating in frequency bands above 1 GHz and

assigned in 2010 and thereafter, per annum fee

(i) for the first link, operating on a channel, per MHz bandwidth...............

(ii) for subsequent links, operating on a re-used channel, per link per MHz

bandwidth .........................................................................................

(iii) for a channel, independent of the number of links deployed, per MHz

bandwidth .........................................................................................

(2)

Item 4 thereof shall be substituted with the following

“4. (a) Broadcasting services (Ancillary) operating in frequency bands below

1GHz, per annum fee

(i) Sound -

a. Studio to transmitter link ........................................... 116

b. Outside broadcasting unit .......................................... 116.40

c. Repeater ................................................................ . 116.40

(ii) Vision -

a. Studio to transmitter link ......................................….... 230

b. Outside broadcasting unit.............................................230

c. Repeater ................................................................ 116.40

(b) Broadcasting services (Ancillary) operating in frequency bands above 1 GHz

and assigned prior to 2010, per annum fee applicable up to 31 st December 2010

B

(i) Sound -

a. Studio to transmitter link .......................................... 116

b. Outside broadcasting unit ......................................... 116.40

c. Repeater ............................................................... . 116.40

(ii) Vision -

a. Studio to transmitter link ......................................…....230

b. Outside broadcasting unit.............................................230

c. Repeater .................................................................. 116.40

(c) Broadcasting services (Ancillary) operating in frequency bands above 1 GHz

and assigned prior to 2010, per annum fee applicable from 1 st January 2011 to

31 st December 2011

(i) for the first link, operating on a channel, per MHz bandwidth...............

(ii) for subsequent links, operating on a re-used channel, per link per MHz

bandwidth .........................................................................................

(iii) for a channel, independent of the number of links deployed, per MHz

bandwidth .........................................................................................

(d) Broadcasting services (Ancillary) operating in frequency bands above 1 GHz

and assigned prior to 2010, per annum fee applicable from 1 st January 2012

(i) for the first link, operating on a channel, per MHz bandwidth...............

(ii) for subsequent links, operating on a re-used channel, per link per MHz

bandwidth .........................................................................................

(iii) for a channel, independent of the number of links deployed, per MHz

bandwidth .........................................................................................

(e) Broadcasting services (Ancillary) operating in frequency bands above 1 GHz

and assigned in 2010 and thereafter, per annum fee

(i) for the first link, operating on a channel, per MHz bandwidth ...............

(ii) for subsequent links, operating on a re-used channel,

per link per MHz bandwidth .............................................

50

(iii) for a channel, independent of the number of links deployed, per MHz

bandwidth .........................................................................................

(3)

Item 8 thereof shall be substituted with the following

“8. Private mobile radio

(a) For permanent licence, per annum fee

(i) Repeater station, per channel .................................... 116.40

(ii) Base station, per channel ........................................... 58.20

(iii) Mobile station, per channel ........................................ 23.20

(iv) Handportable station, per channel .............................. 23.20

(b) For provisional licence

B

(i) not exceeding 30 days, per channel fee ....................... 10

(ii) not exceeding 9 months, per channel fee .................... 25”;

(4)

(a)

Item 9 thereof sub-item (a) shall be deleted;

(b)

Item 9 thereof sub-item (b) shall be renumbered as item 9; and

(c)

Item 9 thereof as renumbered shall be substituted with the

following

“9. End user terminals operating in the

900MHz and/or 1800MHz and/ or 2100 MHz

bands .................................................................

No charge”;

and

(5) immediately after item 51 thereof shall be added the following new item

“52.Where under this Section no fee is established with regard to

provisional licences, then in such instances the fee shall be charged on a

pro-rata basis provided that the minimum fee shall in all instances be that

of one month.”.

B

€0.47