- advertisement
includes a catalogue, a circular and a price list;
- armed forces
means the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, the regular army and the regular air force, and a reserve or auxiliary force of any of those services that has been called out on permanent service or embodied.
- artistic work
has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48);
- associated facility
has the meaning given by section 32 of the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21);
- Authorised person
means a person authorised by OFCOM, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3), to issue fixed penalty notices on OFCOM's behalf.
- British-registered
means registered in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands;
- broadcast
has the same meaning as in Part 5;
- broadcasting station
means a business or other operation (whether or not in the nature of a commercial venture) that is engaged in the making of broadcasts;
- business
includes a trade or profession;
- communications provider
has the same meaning as in the Communications Act 2003;
- contravention
includes a failure to comply, and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly;
- designated area
has the meaning given by section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c. 29);
- document
includes anything in writing;
- dynamic spectrum access service
has the meaning given by section 53A;
- electric line
has the meaning given by section 64(1) of the Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29);
- enactment
has the same meaning as in the Communications Act 2003;
- exclusive licence
means a wireless telegraphy licence which includes a term conferring exclusive rights on the holder to use a frequency specified in the licence (throughout the United Kingdom or in a specified part of the United Kingdom).
- external waters
means the whole of the sea adjacent to the United Kingdom that is within the seaward limits of UK territorial sea;
- film
has the meaning given by section 5B(1) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48);
- fixed penalty notice
means a notice offering the opportunity of the discharge of any liability to conviction of the offence to which the notice relates by payment of a fixed penalty in accordance with this Schedule.
- frequency
includes frequency band;
- general interest objective
has the meaning given by section 8B(3).
- grant of recognised spectrum access
means a grant made under section 18;
- information
includes accounts, estimates and projections and any document;
- Installation
includes any floating structure or device maintained on a station by whatever means, and installations in transit.
- international obligation of the United Kingdom
includes... any obligation which will or may arise under any international agreement or arrangements to which the United Kingdom is party;
- legal proceedings
means civil or criminal proceedings in or before any court, or proceedings before any tribunal established by or under any enactment;
- Licensed television multiplex service
means a television multiplex service the provision of which is authorised by a licence under Part 1 of the Broadcasting Act 1996 (c. 55).
- literary, dramatic or musical work
has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988;
- manufacture
includes construction by any method and the assembly of component parts;
- modification
includes omissions, alterations and additions, and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly;
- Multiplex service
means—
- notification
includes notice;
- OFCOM
means the Office of Communications;
- premises
includes any place and, in particular, includes— (a) a vehicle, ship or aircraft;
- Prescribe
means prescribe by regulations or determine in accordance with regulations.
- Prescribed
means prescribed for the purposes of this section by an order made by the Secretary of State.
- receiving apparatus
means wireless telegraphy apparatus that is not designed or adapted for emission (as opposed to reception);
- relevant apparatus
means wireless telegraphy apparatus or apparatus designed or adapted for use in connection with wireless telegraphy apparatus.
- relevant item
means an item that— (a) was used in connection with an offence to which this section applies;
- relevant officer
means—
- relevant proceedings
means— (a) proceedings for an offence to which this section applies;
- relevant regulated television service
has the same meaning as in section 13 of the Broadcasting Act 1990;
- relevant television or radio services
means—
- restriction order
has the meaning given by section 62.
- satellite uplink apparatus
means wireless telegraphy apparatus, the purpose of which is to emit, to one or more satellites, energy to which section 116(2) applies;
- satellite uplinker
means a person who operates satellite uplink apparatus, but where a person is employed or engaged to operate satellite uplink apparatus under the direction or control of another person, references to a satellite uplinker are references only to that other person;
- ship
includes every description of vessel used in navigation;
- sound recording
has the meaning given by section 5A(1) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988;
- speech
includes lecture, address and sermon;
- station for wireless telegraphy
has the same meaning as “wireless telegraphy station” in that Act.”
- the Consumer Panel
means the panel established under section 16 of the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21);
- the enactments relating to the management of the radio spectrum
has the meaning given by section 405 of the Communications Act 2003;
- the high seas
means seas that are not within the seaward limits of UK territorial sea or of the territorial waters adjacent to a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.
- the ITU Radio Regulations
means the radio regulations of the International Telecommunication Union.
- the relevant amount of gross revenue
means the amount specified in section 44.
- the relevant authority
means (subject to subsection (2))—
- the relevant period
means the period beginning with the grant of the warrant and ending three months after the end of the day on which the warrant is granted.
- the Welsh Authority
means the authority whose name is, by virtue of section 56(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42), Sianel Pedwar Cymru.
- unauthorised broadcast
means a broadcast made by means of the use of a wireless telegraphy station or wireless telegraphy apparatus in contravention of section 8.
- wireless telegraphy
means the emitting or receiving, over paths that are not provided by any material substance constructed or arranged for the purpose, of energy to which subsection (2) applies.
- wireless telegraphy apparatus
means apparatus for the emitting or receiving, over paths that are not provided by any material substance constructed or arranged for the purpose, of energy to which section 116(2) applies.
- wireless telegraphy licence
means a licence granted under section 8;