General Authorisations (Radiocommunications Apparatus)

L.N. 153 of 2019

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (REGULATION) ACT

(CAP. 399)

General Authorisations (Radiocommunications Apparatus)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2019

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 34 and 47 of

the Electronic Communications (Regulation) Act, the Minister

responsible for communications after consultation with the Authority,

has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the General Authorisations Citation.

(Radiocommunications Apparatus) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019

and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the

Authorisations

(Radiocommunications

Apparatus)

Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

In regulation 2 of the principal regulations, the definition Amends

regulation 2 of

"network access point" shall be substituted by the following

the principal

regulations.

" "network access point" is a fixed terrestrial short range

device in a data network that acts as a connection point for the

other short range devices in the data network to service platforms

located outside that data network. The term data network refers

to several short range devices, including the network access

point, as network components and to the wireless connections

between them;".

The Second Schedule to the principal regulations shall be Amends the

Second Schedule

amended as follows

to the principal

regulations.

(a)

the definition "wideband data transmission system"

shall be substituted by the following

" "wideband data transmission system" means

radiocommunications apparatus that use wideband

modulation techniques to access the spectrum, including

wireless access systems such as radio local area networks

and wideband short-range devices in data networks;"; and

(b) in the Annex thereof, immediately after the existing

table in relation to the frequency band "863-868 MHz", there

shall be added the following new table

"

Transmit

power limit/

Frequency band

Additional parameters

Other usage restrictions

power density

limit

917.4-919.4 MHz

25 mW e.r.p

Techniques

to

access

This set of usage conditions

spectrum

and

mitigate

is

only

available

for

interference that provide an

wideband short-range devices

appropriate

level

of

(SRD) in data networks.

performance to comply with

All devices within the data

the essential requirements of

network shall be under the

Directive 2014/53/EU shall

control of network access

be

used.

If

relevant

points.

techniques are described in

harmonised standards or

parts thereof adopted under

Directive

2014/53/EU,

performance

at

least

equivalent

to

these

techniques shall be ensured.

Bandwidth: ≤ 1 MHz

Duty cycle: ≤ 10 %

for

network access points

Duty cycle: ≤ 2.8 % in other

cases

".

In the Annex to the Fourth Schedule of the principal

regulations, immediately after the existing table in relation to the

frequency band "869.7-870 MHz", there shall be added the following

new table

"

Transmit power

Other usage

Frequency band

limit/ power

Additional parameters

parameters

density limit

874-874.4 MHz

500 mW e.r.p.

Techniques to access

This set

of usage

spectrum and mitigate

conditions

is only

Adaptive Power

interference that provide

available

for

data

Control

(APC)

an appropriate level of

networks.

required,

performance to comply

alternatively other

All devices within the

with

the

essential

mitigation

data network shall be

requirements

of

techniques which

under the control of

Directive 2014/53/EU

achieve at least an

network access points.

shall be used. If relevant

equivalent level of

techniques are described

spectrum

in harmonised standards

compatibility.

or parts thereof adopted

under Directive 2014/

53/EU, performance at

least equivalent to these

techniques shall be

ensured.

Bandwidth: ≤ 200 kHz

Duty cycle: ≤ 10 % for

network access points

Duty cycle: 2.5 % in

other cases

917.3-918.9 MHz

500 mW e.r.p.

Techniques to access

This set

of usage

spectrum and mitigate

conditions

is only

Transmissions

interference that provide

available

for

data

only

permitted

an appropriate level of

networks.

within

the

performance to comply

frequency ranges

All devices within the

with

the

essential

917.3-917.7 MHz,

data network shall be

requirements

of

918.5-918.9 MHz

under the control of

Directive 2014/53/EU

network access points.

Adaptive Power

shall be used. If relevant

Control

(APC)

techniques are described

required,

in harmonised standards

alternatively other

or parts thereof adopted

mitigation

under Directive 2014/

techniques which

53/EU, performance at

achieve at least an

least equivalent to these

equivalent level of

techniques shall be

spectrum

ensured.

compatibility.

Bandwidth: ≤ 200 kHz

Duty cycle: ≤ 10 % for

network access points

Duty cycle: ≤ 2.5 % in

other cases

B

917.4-919.4 MHz

25 mW e.r.p.

Techniques to access

This set of usage

spectrum and mitigate

conditions is only

interference that provide

available for short-

an appropriate level of

range device in data

performance to comply

networks.

with

the

essential

All devices within the

requirements

of

data network shall be

Directive 2014/53/EU

under the control of

shall be used. If relevant

network access points.

techniques are described

in harmonised standards

or parts thereof adopted

under Directive 2014/

53/EU, performance at

least equivalent to these

techniques shall be

ensured.

Bandwidth: ≤ 600 kHz

Duty cycle: ≤ 1 %

".

In the Annex to the Twelfth Schedule of the principal

Amends the

Twelfth Schedule

regulations immediately after the existing table in relation to the

to the principal

frequency band "865-868 MHz", there shall be added the following

regulations.

new table

"

Transmit power

Other usage

Frequency band

limit/ power density

Additional parameters

parameters

limit

916.1-918.9 MHz

Interrogator

Techniques

to

access

transmissions at 4 W

spectrum

and

mitigate

e.r.p. only permitted

interference that provide an

at the centre

appropriate

level

of

frequencies

performance to comply with

916.3 MHz,

the essential requirements of

917.5 MHz,

Directive 2014/53/EU shall

918.7 MHz

be

used.

If

relevant

techniques are described in

harmonised standards or parts

thereof

adopted

under

Directive

2014/53/EU,

performance

at

least

equivalent to these techniques

shall be ensured.

Bandwidth: ≤ 400 kHz

".

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