The Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus (Land Mobile-Satellite Service) (Low Bit Rate Data) (Exemption) Regulations 1993
These Regulations provide for the exemption from the licensing requirements of section 1(1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (“the Act”) of Mobile Earth Stations which send low bit rate data communications by wireless telegraphy via a Land MobileSatellite Service provided by or through the European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTELSAT) or the International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT) or a Signatory to the said organizations or TRAK-SAT Communications Limited with Land Earth Stations in that service (regulation 3(1)). Accordingly, it will not be necessary to hold a licence to establish and use the stations to which these Regulations apply.