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Fees Ordinance (Cap. 35) Fees (Radiocommunications) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations, 2010 (L.N. 97 Of 2010 )

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IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 2 of the Fees Ordinance, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, the Economy and Investment, has made the following regulations -

(Radiocommunications) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations,

2010 and shall be read and construed as one with the Fees (Radiocommunications) Regulations, 1995 hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come into force on the 2nd November, 2009.

(3) Notwithstanding the commencement provisions in regulation 1(2) of the Fees (Radiocommunicaitons) (Amendment) Regulations 2010, the said regulations are being hereby revoked and they shall be deemed to have nerver come into force.

Citation, coming into force and revocation of L.N. 40 of 2010

L.N. 26 of 1995

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Amends Section II of the Schedule to the principal regulations.

deleted;
(1) in item 7 thereof sub-item (a)(iii) shall be
(2) in item 10 thereof sub-item (c) shall be deleted;
(3) item 12 thereof shall be deleted and items 13 to
16 shall be renumbered as items 12 to 15 thereof;

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(4) item 17 thereof shall be deleted and item 18 thereof shall be renumbered as item 16 thereof;
following:
(5) In item 16 thereof as renumbered shall be substituted with the
“16. Satellite earth station:
(a) for each station, for the transmission of communications, per
1 MHz radio frequency bandwidth, per annum fee............................................ 1,300
(b) for one event:
(i) of 30 days, or part thereof ..................................................
(ii) exceeding 30 days, monthly fee or part thereof ................
110
110”.
(6) Item 19 thereof shall be renumbered as item 17, and as renumbered shall be amended as follows:
(i) sub-item (a) thereof shall be substituted with the following:
“(a) assistive listening devices ..................................................... No charge”; (ii) sub-item (d) thereof shall be substituted with the following:
“(d) any apparatus not otherwise stipulated in these regulations, power up to 10 milliwatts e.i.r.p., having an integral
antenna .................................................................................................. No charge”;
(7) Item 25 thereof shall be deleted and items 20 to 46 shall be renumbered as items 18 to 43;
(8) In item 27 thereof as renumbered sub-items (f) to (p) shall be substituted with the following:
“(f) 433.05 - 434.79 MHz, duty cycle 10%, power up to 10
milliwatts e.r.p. .................................................................................................. No charge
(f1) 433.05 - 434.79 MHz, power up to 1 milliwatt e.r.p. ............ No charge
(f2) 434.04 - 434.79 MHz, duty cycle up to 100%, channel
spacing up to 25 kHz, power up to 10 milliwatts e.r.p. ..................................... No charge
(g) 863 - 870 MHz, power up to 25 milliwatts e.r.p. ................... No charge

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(g1) 868 – 868.6 MHz, power up to 25 milliwatts e.r.p. .............. No charge
(g2) 868.7 - 869.2 MHz, power up to 25 milliwatts e.r.p. ........... No charge
(g3) 869.4 - 869.65 MHz, channel spacing up to 25 kHz, power
up to 500 milliwatts e.r.p. .................................................................................. No charge (g4) 869.7 - 870 MHz, power up to 25 milliwatts e.r.p. .............. No charge (h) 2400 - 2483.5 MHz, power up to 10 milliwatts e.i.r.p. .......... No charge (i) 5725 - 5875 MHz, power up to 25 milliwatts e.i.r.p. .............. No charge (j) 24.0 - 24.25 GHz, power up to 100 milliwatts e.i.r.p. ............. No charge (k) 61.0 - 61.5 GHz, power up to 100 milliwatts e.i.r.p. .............. No charge (l) 122 - 123 GHz, power up to 100 milliwatts e.i.r.p. ................. No charge (m) 244 - 246 GHz, power up to 100 milliwatts e.i.r.p. ............... No charge”;
(9) in item 28 thereof as renumbered after sub-item (c) thereof there shall be added the following:
“(d) 17.1 – 17.3 GHz, power up to 100 milliwatts e.i.r.p. ........... No charge
(e) 57 - 66 GHz, power up to 40dBm mean e.i.r.p., for indoor
use only .............................................................................................................. No charge
(f) 57 - 66 GHz, power up to 25dBm mean e.i.r.p. ...................... No charge”;
(10) Item 38 thereof as renumbered shall be substituted with the following:
“Short range devices used for road trnaport and Traffic
Telematics (RTTT):
(a) operating in the frequency band 5795-5805 MHz, power up
to 2 Watts e.i.r.p. ................................................................................................ No charge
(b) operating in the frequency band 63-64 GHz ........................... No charge
(c) operating in the frequency band 76-77 GHz, power up to 55 dBm peak e.i.r.p., average power 50 dBm, -23.5 dBm average power for

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pulse radar .......................................................................................................... No charge
(d) operating in the frequency band 24.05-24.25 GHz, power up
to 100mW e.i.r.p. ................................................................................................ No charge”;
(11) Immediately after item 42 thereof as renumbered, there shall be added the following new items:
“43. Apparatus used for the safety related applications of
Intelligent transport systems (ITS), operating in the frequency band 5875 -
5905 MHz, spectral power density up to 23 dBm/MHz, transmit power up to
33 dBm mean e.i.r.p. ......................................................................................... No charge
44. Apparatus used for tank Level Probing Radars (TLPR)
operating in the frequency bands:
(a) 4.5 - 7.0 GHz, maximum transmit power 24 dBm e.i.r.p. ...... No charge (b) 8.5 - 10.6 GHz, maximum transmit power 30 dBm e.i.r.p. .... No charge (c) 24.05 - 27.0 GHz, maximum transmit power 43 dBm e.i.r.p. No charge (d) 57.0 - 64.0 GHz, maximum transmit power 43 dBm e.i.r.p. .. No charge (e) 75.0 - 85.0 GHz, maximum transmit power 43 dBm e.i.r.p. .. No charge
45. Apparatus used for Radiodetermination applications operating in the frequency bands:
(a) 2400 - 2483.5 MHz, maximum transmit power 25 milliwatts
e.i.r.p. .................................................................................................................. No charge
(b) 9200 - 9500 MHz, maximum transmit power 25 milliwatts
e.i.r.p. .................................................................................................................. No charge
(c) 9500 - 9975 MHz, maximum transmit power 25 milliwatts
e.i.r.p. .................................................................................................................. No charge
(d) 10.5 - 10.6 GHz, maximum transmit power 500 milliwatts
e.i.r.p. .................................................................................................................. No charge
(e) 13.4 - 14.0 GHz, maximum transmit power 25 milliwatts
e.i.r.p. .................................................................................................................. No charge
(f) 17.1 - 17.3 GHz, maximum transmit power 26 dBm e.i.r.p..... No charge
(g) 24.05 - 24.25 GHz, maximum transmit power 100 milliwatts
e.i.r.p. .................................................................................................................. No charge.
46. Radiocommunications apparatus used in healthcare operating in the frequency bands:

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(a) 9 – 315 kHz, maximum field strength 30 dB!A/m at 10m ..... No charge
(b) 315 – 600 kHz, maximum field strength -5 dB!A/m at 10m.. No charge
(c) 12.5 – 20.0 MHz, maximum field strength -7 dB!A/m at
10m ..................................................................................................................... No charge (d) 30 – 37.5 MHz, maximum transmit power 1 mW e.i.r.p. ....... No charge (e) 401 – 402 MHz, maximum transmit power 25 !W e.r.p......... No charge (f) 402 – 405 MHz, maximum transmit power 25 !W e.r.p. ........ No charge (g) 405 – 406 MHz, maximum transmit power 25 !W e.r.p. ....... No charge.
47. Very small aperture tereminals (VSAT), operating in the frequency bands 10.7-11.7 GHz (space-to-Earth) and 14.25-14.50 GHz (Earth-to-space), maximum transmit power 2 Watts, maximum effective
e.i.r.p. .................................................................................................................. No charge
48. Low e.i.r.p. satellite terminals (LEST), operating in the frequency bands 10.7-12.75 GHz (space-to-Earth), 19.7-20.2 GHz (space-to- Earth), 14.0-14.25 GHz (Earth-to-space), 29.5-30.0 GHz (Earth-so-space) and 11.7-12.5 GHz (space-to-Earth), maximum transmit power 34 dBW
e.i.r.p. .................................................................................................................. No charge
49. High e.i.r.p. satellite terminals (HEST), operating in the frequency bands 10.7-12.75 GHz (space-to-Earth), 19.7-20.2 GHz (space-to- Earth), 14.0-14.25 GHz (Earth-to-space), 29.5-30.0 GHz (Earth-so-space) and 11.7-12.5 GHz (space-to-Earth), maximum transmit power 50 dBW
e.i.r.p. .................................................................................................................. No charge
50. Aircraft earth station (AES) operating in the frequency bands 14.0-14.5 GHz (Earth-to-space), 10.7-11.7 GHz (space-to-Earth) and
12.5-12.75 GHz (space-to-Earth), maximum transmit power 50 dBW e.i.r.p. .. No charge
51. Earth station on board vessel (ESV):
(a) operating in the frequency bands 5925-6425 MHz (Earth-to- space) and 3700-4200 MHz (space-to-Earth), maximum transmit power towards the horizon 20.8 dBW e.i.r.p., maximum spectrum density towards
the horizon 17 dBW ........................................................................................... No charge
(b) operating in the frequency bands 14.0-14.5 GHz (Earth-to- space), 10.7-11.7 GHz (space-to-Earth) and 12.5-12.75 GHz (space-to-Earth), maximum transmit power towards the horizon 16.3 dBW e.i.r.p., maximum
spectrum density towards the horizon 12.5 dBW............................................... No charge”.

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