Title 24 Laws of Bermuda Item 10(b)

BERMUDA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

SR&O 12/1967

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY (EXEMPTION FROM LICENSING) REGULATIONS 1967

[made under section 5 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1960 [repealed] and brought into operation on 6 June 1967]

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

1 Interpretation

SCHEDULE

2 Exempt apparatus

Interpretation

1 In these Regulations expressions shall have the meanings assigned to them by the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1960 [repealed by 1973:91] (hereinafter referred "the principal Act") unless the context otherwise requires.

Exempt apparatus

2 Apparatus for wireless telegraphy and stations for wireless telegraphy which are of the type and description set out in the Schedule and which conform to the requirements set out therein shall be exempt from the provisions of Section 5 of the principal Act.

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SCHEDULE

1 Where the type and make of the apparatus for wireless telegraphy or the station for wireless telegraphy has been approved by the Minister responsible for communications and where the input power at the final stage of the apparatus for wireless telegraphy or station for wireless telegraphy does not exceed one hundred milliwatts, the following—

(a) handheld radio transceivers;

(b) apparatus for opening doors;

(c) wireless microphones;

(d) personal intercommunication and paging systems;

(e) apparatus for controlling models, except radio controlled model aircraft; and and where the input power at the final stage of the apparatus does not exceed five hundred milliwatts, the following⎯ family radio service units.

2.

(1) The provisions in sub-paragraph (2) apply in respect of the operation of family radio service units.

(2) A person⎯

(a) shall not interconnect a family radio service unit to the public switched network;

(b) shall not use the unit for any purpose or in connection with anything contrary to law;

(c) shall not use the unit in a manner that causes harmful interference;

(d) shall not modify the unit internally;

(e) shall not attach any antenna, voice amplifier or other apparatus to the unit unless the antenna, voice amplifier or other apparatus is of a type of approved by the American Federal Communications Commission for attachment as a part of such a unit;

(f) shall at all times give priority to any emergency communication; and

(g) shall share each channel with other users.

3 In this Schedule⎯

2 1989 Revision Title 24 Laws of Bermuda Item 10(b)

"family radio service unit" means a small walkie- talkie designed for communication within a one- mile radius⎯

(a) that can be carried to provide two-way communication while the user is engaged in family or other recreational activities;

(b) whose frequency range does not exceed 14 channels in the range 462.5625 to 467.7125 megahertz; and

(c) which is of a type, model or description approved by the United States Federal Communications Commission and has not been modified internally. [Schedule para 1 words after subpara (e), and paras 2 and 3, inserted by BR 35/2002 effective 19 July 2002]

[Note: These Regulations should be read in conjunction with S.R. & O. No. 1968:39.]

[Amended by: BR 35/2002]

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