General Authorisations (Radiocommunications Apparatus)

L.N. 193 of 2012

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (REGULATION) ACT

(CAP. 399)

General Authorisations (Radiocommunications Apparatus)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2012

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon article 34 of the

Electronic Communications (Regulation) Act, the Minister for

Infrastructure, Transport and Communications, has made the

following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the General Authorisations Citation.

(Radiocommunications Apparatus) (Amendment) Regulations, 2012,

and they shall be read and construed as one with the General S.L. 399.40

Authorisations (Radiocommunications Apparatus) Regulations,

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

In the Arrangement of Regulations, for the words "TENTH Amends the

SCHEDULE - General Authorisation for Analogue PMR 446 Arrangement

Regulations.

Radiocommunications Apparatus" there shall be substituted the

words "TENTH SCHEDULE - General Authorisation for PMR 446

Radiocommunications Apparatus".

The First Schedule to the principal regulations shall be Amends the

First Schedule

amended as follows

to the principal

regulations.

(a) paragraph 4 shall be renumbered as 4(1), and

immediately after paragraph 4(1) as renumbered, there shall be

added following

"(2) Maritime ship stations operating outside

territorial waters shall only use those radio frequencies or

channels which are allowed to be used in those waters and

shall observe any terms, conditions or limitations which

could be applicable in the same waters."; and

(b) immediately after paragraph 13 there shall be added

the following

A DSC enabled handheld VHF

" Additional

condition for

station shall have an internal global navigation

handheld VHF

stations.

satellite system.".

4. The Fifth Schedule to the principal regulations shall be Amends the

Fifth Schedule

amended as follows

to the principal

regulations.

(a)

paragraph 2 thereof shall be substituted by the

following

2. The minimum technical parameters

" Minimum

technical

of short-range radiocommunications apparatus

parameters.

intended to be used for inductive applications,

shall be those specified in the Annex to this

Schedule.";

(b)

paragraph 3 thereof shall be deleted; and

(c)

the Annex to the Fifth Schedule shall be substituted

by the following

"ANNEX TO THE FIFTH SCHEDULE

(Paragraph 2 of the Fifth Schedule)

Minimum Technical Parameters of Short-Range

Radiocommunications Apparatus intended to be used for

Inductive Applications

Mandatory Parameters

Informative

Parameters

Frequency Band

Maximum

Additional

Other usage

Recommended

magnetic

parameters

parameters

(harmonised)

field

standard

9-59.75 kHz

72 dBµA/m

EN 300 330

at 10m

59.75-60.25 kHz

42 dBµA/m

EN 300 330

at 10m

60.25-74.75 kHz

72 dBµA/m

EN 300 330

at 10m

74.75-75.25 kHz

42 dBµA/m

EN 300 330

at 10m

75.25-77.25 kHz

72 dBµA/m

EN 300 330

at 10m

77.25-77.75 kHz

42 dBµA/m

EN 300 330

at 10m

77.75-90 kHz

72 dBµA/m

EN 300 330

at 10m

90-119 kHz

42 dBµA/m

EN 300 330

at 10m

119-135 kHz

66 dBµA/m

EN 300 330

at 10m

135-140 kHz

42 dBµA/m

EN 300 330

at 10m

140-148.5 kHz

7 dBµA/

EN 300 330

m at 10m

148.5-5000 kHz

-15 dBµA/m

The total field

EN 300 330

In the specific

at 10m in

strength is -

bands mentioned

any

5dBµA/m at

below, higher field

bandwidth

10m

for

strengths and

of 10 kHz

systems

additional usage

operation

at

restrictions apply

bandwidths

larger

than

10 kHz

400-600 kHz

-8 dBµA/m

For RFID use only

EN 300 330

at 10m

3155-3400 kHz

13.5 dBµA/

EN 300 330

m at 10m

5-30 MHz

-20 dBµA/m

The total field

EN 300 330

In the specific

at 10m in

strength is -

bands mentioned

any

5dBµA/m at

below, higher field

bandwidth

10m

for

strengths and

of 10 kHz

systems

additional usage

operation

at

restrictions apply

bandwidths

larger

than

10 kHz

6765-6795 kHz

42 dBµA/m

EN 300 330

at 10m

7400-8800 kHz

9 dBµA/m at

EN 300 330

10m

10.2-11 MHz

9 dBµA/m at

EN 300 330

10m

13.553-13.567

42 dBµA/m

EN 302 291

MHz

at 10m

13.553-13.567

60 dBµA/m

For RFID and EAS EN 300 330

MHz

at 10m

use only

EN 300 330 ".

26.957-27.283

42 dBµA/m

MHz

at 10m

5. The Tenth Schedule to the principal regulations shall be Substitutes the

Tenth Schedule

substituted by the following

to the principal

regulations.

"TENTH SCHEDULE

(Regulation 3)

General Authorisation for PMR 446

Radiocommunications Apparatus

1. This Schedule applies to any person

Applicability

of Tenth

installing

or

using

PMR 446

Schedule.

radiocommunications apparatus or any

apparatus intended to be used as a component

of that apparatus.

2. In this Schedule unless the context

Interpretation.

otherwise requires

"Analogue

PMR 446

radio-

communications apparatus" means short

range voice communications apparatus

intended to operate on collective

frequencies shared by any users on an

uncoordinated basis;

"Digital

PMR 446

radiocommunications apparatus" means

short range communications apparatus

intended to operate on collective

frequencies shared by any users on an

uncoordinated basis using digital

technology.

3. (1) The minimum technical

Minimum

technical

parameters

of

Analogue

PMR 446

parameters and

limitations.

radiocommunications apparatus or Digital

PMR 446 radiocommunications apparatus

shall be those specified in the Annex to this

Schedule.

(2) Analogue

PMR 446

radiocommunications apparatus or Digital

PMR 446 radiocommunications apparatus

shall only use integral antennas.

ANNEX TO THE TENTH SCHEDULE

(Paragraph 3 of the Tenth Schedule)

Minimum Technical Parameters of Analogue PMR 446

radiocommunications apparatus or Digital PMR 446

radiocommunications apparatus

A1.Analogue PMR 446 radiocommunications apparatus

Frequency band

446.0 – 446.1 MHz

Maximum Transmit Power

500 mW e.r.p.

Channel Separation

12.5 kHz

Recommended (harmonised)

EN 300 296

standard (Informative)

A2.Digital PMR 446 radiocommunications apparatus

Frequency band

446.1 – 446.2 MHz

Maximum Transmit Power

500 mW e.r.p.

Channel Separation

12.5 kHz

Maximum transmitter time-

180 seconds

out time

Recommended (harmonised)

EN 300 113-2".

standard (Informative)

6. The Annex to the Twenty-Sixth Schedule shall be Amends the

Twenty-Sixth

substituted by the following

Schedule to the

principal

regulations.

"ANNEX TO THE TWENTY-SIXTH SCHEDULE

(Paragraph 3 of the Twenty-Sixth Schedule)

Minimum Technical Parameters of road transport and traffic

telematics systems

Additional parameters

Maximum

/ spectrum access and

Other usage

Frequency band

transmit power

mitigation

restrictions

requirements

5795 – 5805 MHz

2 W e.i.r.p.

For vehicle-to-infra-

structure systems only

24.05 – 24.075 GHz

100 mW e.i.r.p.

24.075 – 24.15 GHz

0.1 mW e.i.r.p.

24.075 – 24.15 GHz

100 mW e.i.r.p.

Techniques to access For vehicle

radars

spectrum and mitigate only

interference

that

provide

at

least

equivalent performance

to

the

techniques

described

in

the

harmonised standards

adopted under Directive

1999/5/EC must be

used

Dwell time limits and

frequency modulation

range apply as specified

in harmonised standards

24.15 – 24.25 GHz

100 mW e.i.r.p.

63 – 64 GHz

40 dBm e.i.r.p.

For

vehicle-to-

vehicle,

vehicle-to-

infrastructure

and

infrastructure-to-

vehicle systems only

76 – 77 GHz

55 dBm peak e.i.r.p.

For terrestrial vehicle

and

and

infrastructure

dBm

mean

radar systems only

e.i.r.p.

and

".

23.5 dBm mean

e.i.r.p. for pulse

radar

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