Telecommunications (Radio-communication) Regulations 2001

No. S 114

Telecommunications Act

(Chapter 323)

Telecommunications (Radio-communication) Regulations 2001

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 Communications and Information Technology, hereby makes the following Regulations:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Telecommunications (Radio-communication) Regulations 2001 and shall come into operation on 2nd March 2001.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Amateur Station” means a station in respect of which an Amateur Station licensee is authorised in the licence to use;

“armed forces” means the Singapore Armed Forces established under the Singapore Armed Forces Act (Cap. 295) and includes any visiting force, not being a police force, which is lawfully present in Singapore;

“Armed Forces Communication” means radio-communication —

(a)	between stations of the armed forces; or
(b)	between stations of the armed forces and any other radio-communication station, whether on shore or on any vessel or aircraft;

“authorised officer” means any officer authorised by the Authority to act on its behalf;

“class licence” means a class licence referred to in regulation 65;

“class licensee” means a person who is deemed to have been granted a class licence;

“interference” —

(a)	in relation to radio-communication, means interference to or with radio-communications that is attributable, whether wholly or partly and whether directly or indirectly, to an emission of electromagnetic energy by any device; and
(b)	in relation to the uses or functions of any station, network or radio-communication equipment, means interference to or with the uses or functions that is attributable, whether wholly or partly and whether directly or indirectly, to an emission of electromagnetic energy by the station, network or radio-communication equipment;

“International Telecommunication Convention” means the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union signed at Nairobi in 1982 or any subsequent revision or modification thereof to which the Government of Singapore is a party;

“licence” means a station (spectrum) licence, a network (spectrum) licence, a station licence, a network licence or a class licence or all or any of these licences, as the context may require;

“licensee” —

(a)	in relation to a station (spectrum) licence, a network (spectrum) licence, a station licence or a network licence, means the holder of the licence; or
(b)	in relation to a class licence, means the person deemed to have been granted the class licence;

“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;

“Localised Radio-communication Station” means a station that can only be used for communication with a base station or with another station within a defined power limit specified by the Authority;

“network” means 2 or more stations operated by a person and used or intended to be used in communication with one another;

“network licence” means a licence referred to in regulation 28;

“network (spectrum) licence” means a licence referred to in regulation 23;

“private network” means a network which —

(a)	exists to meet the exclusive internal telecommunication needs of the licensee; or
(b)	has a number of common interest groups of subscribers or users and radio channels as the Authority may specify;

“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 5 of the Act:

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

“public network” means a network which is accessible to any member of the public generally and which is used or intended to be used to provide telecommunication services by means of radio-communication to the general public;

“radio frequency band” means any contiguous range of radio frequencies;

“radio frequency band plan” means a plan prepared under regulation 4;

“radio frequency spectrum” means the range of frequencies within which radio-communications are capable of being made;

“Radio Regulations” means the Radio Regulations annexed to the International Telecommunication Convention and includes every revision or modification thereof which the Government has ratified or accepted;

“radio spectrum plan” means a plan prepared under regulation 3;

“reception”, in relation to any radio emission, includes interception;

“spectrum right” means a right to use any specified part of the radio frequency spectrum granted under regulation 6(2);

“station” means a transmitter, a receiver, a combination of transmitters and receivers or any accessory thereto which is used or intended to be used for radio-communication;

“station licence” means a Ship Station Licence, an Aircraft Station Licence, an Amateur Station Licence, an Experimental Station Licence, a Localised Radio-communication Station Licence, a General Radio-communication Station Licence, a Satellite Communication Station Licence or a Special Purpose Station Licence, granted under Part VI;

“station (spectrum) licence” means a licence referred to in regulation 23;

“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.

Made this 28th day of February 2001.

LAM CHUAN LEONG

Chairman,
Info-communications Development
Authority of Singapore.

[AG/LEG/SL/323/2000/1 Vol. 2]

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