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Radiocommunications Apparatus Exemption Order, 2015
Table of Provisions (6)
Statutory Text (6 Articles)
L.N. 287 of 2015
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (REGULATION) ACT
(CAP. 399)
Radiocommunications Apparatus Exemption Order, 2015
IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 33 of the
Electronic Communications (Regulation) Act, the Minister for the
Economy, Investment and Small Business after consultation with the
Malta Communications Authority, has made the following Order:-
The title of this order is the Radiocommunications Citation.
Apparatus Exemption Order, 2015.
In this Order unless the context otherwise requires
Definitions.
"Marine Equipment Regulations" means the Conformity S.L.427.60.
Assessment of Maritime Equipment Regulations;
"the Minister"
means
the
Minister
responsible
for
communications;
"mobile-satellite service" or "MSS" shall have the same
meaning as in the National Radio Frequency Plan which is currently
in force;
"mobile service" shall have the same meaning as in the National
Radio Frequency Plan which is currently in force;
"mobile terminal" means a terminal in the mobile service
intended to be used while in motion or during halts at unspecified
points;
"MSS terminal" means a terminal in the mobile satellite service
intended to be used while in motion or during halts at unspecified
points;
"R&TTE Regulations" means the Radio Equipment and S.L.427.41.
Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and the Mutual
Recognition of their Conformity Regulations;
"satellite network" means a space system using one or more
artificial satellites or parts of that system, consisting of only one
satellite and the cooperating earth stations;
"SOLAS Convention" means the International Convention for
the Safety of Life at Sea, signed in London on 1 st November, 1974,
and the Protocol thereto signed in London on 17 th February, 1978, as
amended; and
"space" means any radiocommunication involving the use of
one or more space stations or the use of one or more reflecting
satellites or other objects in space; and
"terrestrial" means any radiocommunications other than space
and radio-astronomy.
This Order applies to the apparata described in the Annex
to this Order with the exception of MSS terminals installed
permanently on ships which fall within the scope of the SOLAS
Convention and MSS terminals installed permanently on aircraft.
The Minister, after consultation with the Malta
Communications
Authority,
hereby
orders
that
the
radiocommunications apparata listed in the Annex to this Order shall
be exempted from the requirements of article 30 of the Electronic
Communications (Regulation) Act
Provided that such apparata shall be compliant with the R&TTE
Regulations or the Marine Equipment Regulations
Provided further that such apparata shall operate under the
control of terrestrial or satellite networks, capable of providing
electronic communications services in the frequency bands or parts
thereof listed in the Annex to this Order.
The Radiocommunications Apparatus (Exemption) Order,
shall be revoked.
ANNEX TO THE RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS
EXEMPTION ORDER
(Article 4)
List of Radiocommunications apparata exempted from the
requirements of article 30 of the Electronic Communications
(Regulation) Act
Frequency band
Type of apparatus
Type
of
radio-
communication
790-862 MHz
Mobile terminal
Terrestrial
880-915 MHz
Mobile terminal
Terrestrial
925-960 MHz
Mobile terminal
Terrestrial
1518-1525 MHz
MSS terminal
Space (space-to-Earth)
1525-1544 MHz
MSS terminal
Space (space-to-Earth)
1545-1559 MHz
MSS terminal
Space (space-to-Earth)
1610-1626.5 MHz
MSS terminal
Space (Earth-to-space)
1613.8-1626.5 MHz
Space (space-to-Earth
on a secondary basis)
1626.5-1645.5 MHz
MSS terminal
Space (Earth-to-space)
1646.5-1660.5 MHz
MSS terminal
Space (Earth-to-space)
1670-1675 MHz
MSS terminal
Space (Earth-to-space)
1710-1785 MHz
Mobile terminal
Terrestrial
1805-1880 MHz
Mobile terminal
Terrestrial
1900-1980 MHz
Mobile terminal
Terrestrial
1980.0-2010.0 MHz
MSS terminal
Space (Earth-to-space)
2010-2025 MHz
Mobile terminal
Terrestrial
2110-2170 MHz
Mobile terminal
Terrestrial
2170-2200 MHz
MSS terminal
Space (space-to-Earth)
2483.5-2500 MHz
MSS terminal
Space (space-to-Earth)
2500-2690 MHz
Mobile terminal
Terrestrial
3400-3600 MHz
Mobile terminal
Terrestrial
3600-3800 MHz
Mobile terminal
Terrestrial
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