Telecommunications (Radio-communication) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

No. S 263

Telecommunications Act

(CHAPTER 323)

Telecommunications (Radio-communication) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 74 of the Telecommunications Act, the Info‑communications Development Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Telecommunications (Radio‑communication) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall, with the exception of regulations 6 and 10, come into operation on 1st June 2006.

(2) Regulations 6 and 10 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1st May 2006.

Amendment of regulation 19

2. Regulation 19 of the Telecommunications (Radio‑communication) Regulations (Rg 5) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting paragraph (3) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(3) A licence shall be subject to such conditions, restrictions and limitations as the Authority may determine and shall be valid —

(a)	in the case of a Ship Station Licence or an Aircraft Station Licence specified in regulation 25 (1) (b) or (c), for a period of 5 years; and
(b)	in any other case, for such period as the Authority may determine,

unless it is cancelled, suspended or reduced in duration in accordance with the provisions of the Act or these Regulations.”.

Amendment of regulation 26

3. Regulation 26 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(1) The licence fees payable for station licences and network licences are specified —

(a)	in the case of a Ship Station Licence or an Aircraft Station Licence, in Part IA of the First Schedule; and
(b)	in any other case, in Part II of the First Schedule.”.

Amendment of regulation 30

4. The principal Regulations are amended by renumbering regulation 30 as paragraph (1) of that regulation, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:

“(2) It is a condition of every Ship Station Licence that the ship in respect of which the Ship Station Licence is granted remains registered or licensed in Singapore throughout the period of validity of the Ship Station Licence.”.

Amendment of regulation 34

5. The principal Regulations are amended by renumbering regulation 34 as paragraph (1) of that regulation, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:

“(2) It is a condition of every Aircraft Station Licence that the aircraft in respect of which the Aircraft Station Licence is granted remains registered in Singapore throughout the period of validity of the Aircraft Station Licence.”.

Amendment of regulation 39

6. Regulation 39 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(2) The fee payable to sit for the Radio Amateur Examination referred to in paragraph (1) (a) by —

(a)	a full‑time secondary, pre‑university or tertiary student or a full‑time student of the Institute of Technical Education, Singapore, shall be $20; and
(b)	any other person, shall be $40.”.

New regulation 63A

7. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 63, the following regulation:

“Cancellation of Ship Station Licence or Aircraft Station Licence

63A.—(1) The Authority may, by notice in writing, cancel —

(a)	a Ship Station Licence granted in respect of a ship where the licensee has contravened the condition specified in regulation 30 (2); or
(b)	an Aircraft Station Licence granted in respect of a station on an aircraft where the licensee has contravened the condition specified in regulation 34 (2).

(2) Where a Ship Station Licence or an Aircraft Station Licence is cancelled under paragraph (1), no fee or part thereof shall be refunded by the Authority in respect of the unexpired period of the licence.”.

Amendment of regulation 65

8. Regulation 65 (4) of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the comma at the end of sub‑paragraph (e) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:

“(f)	a public wireless broadband access system,”; and

(b)

by deleting the words “sub‑paragraphs (a) to (e)” in the penultimate line and substituting the words “sub‑paragraphs (a) to (f)”.

Amendment of First Schedule

9. The First Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after Part I, the following Part:

“PART IA

FEES FOR SHIP STATION LICENCE AND
AIRCRAFT STATION LICENCE

First column

Second column

Types of licences

Fees payable

1.	Ship Station

$100 for 5 years

2.	Aircraft Station

$100 for 5 years.

”;

(b)

by deleting the heading in Part II and substituting the following heading:

“FEES FOR STATION LICENCE AND
NETWORK LICENCE (OTHER THAN
SHIP STATION LICENCE AND
AIRCRAFT STATION LICENCE)”; and

(c)

by deleting items 1 and 2 in Part II.

Deletion of Second Schedule

10. The Second Schedule to the principal Regulations is deleted.

[G.N. No. S 707/2005]

Made this 15th day of May 2006.

LAM CHUAN LEONG

Chairman,
Info-communications Development
Authority of Singapore.

[IDA/LGL/3.3/REG-01; AG/LEG/SL/323/2000/1 Vol. 6]

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