Radio-communication (Amendment) Regulations 1998

No. S 615

Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act

(Chapter 323)

Radio-communication (Amendment) Regulations 1998

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 131 of the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act, the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Communications, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Radio-communication (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1999.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Radio-communication Regulations (Rg 3) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “licensee”, the following definition:

“ “localised private network” means a private network that provides radio coverage of a confined or restricted area as specified by the Authority and that comprises at least 2 stations each operating generally at an effective radiated power of 5 watts or below;”;

(b)

by deleting the word “range” in the fourth line of the definition of “Localised Radio-communication Station” and substituting the words “power limit”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “private network”, the following definition:

“ “public mobile network” means any public network that enables radio-communications through the use of portable or mobile stations and may include any of the following telecommunication systems licensed under section 26 of the Act:

(a)	a public cellular mobile telephone system;
(b)	a public radio paging system;
(c)	a public data system; or
(d)	a public trunked radio system;”; and

(d)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “station” and substituting a semicolon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:

“ “wide-area private network” means a private network that provides radio coverage of a wide area as specified by the Authority and that comprises one or more stations operating generally at an effective radiated power of more than 5 watts.”.

New regulation 7A

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

“Records

7A.—(1) A licensee of a network shall keep an up-to-date record of the radio-communication equipment comprised in the network.

(2) The record shall —

(a)	contain such information;
(b)	be kept in such form; and
(c)	be submitted to the Authority at such intervals,

as the Authority may, from time to time, require.

(3) The licensee shall, at all reasonable times, permit an authorised officer to inspect and make copies of any entry in the record.”.

Amendment of regulation 10

4. Regulation 10 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “or network” in the second line of paragraph (1) and substituting the words “other than a portable or mobile station”;

(b)

by deleting the words “or network” wherever they appear in the fourth line of paragraph (1); and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(3) Any amendment to a licence for a change in the base or repeater station in the network may only be made if —

(a)	the licensee has notified the Authority of the change;
(b)	the base or repeater station has been inspected to the satisfaction of an authorised officer; and
(c)	the Authority approves the change.”.

Amendment of regulation 23

5. Regulation 23 (5) of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “assigned”, the words “as set out in Part III of the Second Schedule”.

Amendment of regulation 24

6. Regulation 24 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “shall be the sum of the fees payable under Part I of the Second Schedule for each of the individual stations comprised in the network” and substituting the words “is set out in Part I of the Second Schedule”.

Amendment of regulation 26

7. Regulation 26 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:

“(a)	localised private network licence;
(b)	wide-area private network licence; and
(c)	public mobile network licence.”; and

(b)

by deleting paragraph (4) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(4) The Authority may refuse to grant a localised private network licence or wide-area private network licence if it is satisfied that —

(a)	the licensee failed to meet the minimum channel loading criteria set by the Authority from time to time for the network; or
(b)	the radio-communication service that is, or is intended to be, provided by or through the network may be adequately provided by or through a public telecommunication system or by any other means.”.

Amendment of regulation 53A

8. Regulation 53A (4) of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the comma at the end of sub-paragraph (d) and substituting a semicolon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph: