53A.—(1) A person who possesses or uses a relevant radio-communication station shall be deemed to have been granted a class licence by the Authority for that purpose.
(2) A class licence shall be subject to the conditions set out in the Fourth Schedule.
(3) Where a person has an existing licence for the possession or use of a relevant radio-communication station, that licence shall be revoked as from 1st April 1997 and he shall be deemed to have been granted a class licence.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation and the Fourth Schedule, “relevant radio-communication station” means a radio-communication station that is connected with 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;
(d)
a public trunked radio system;
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(e)
a public satellite mobile telephone or data system,
and includes a radio-communication station that is capable of being used in connection with any of the telecommunication systems referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) but which is not in use and not so connected.