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Telecommunications (Radio-Communication) Regulations, 2013 · s 2

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s 2In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires 1935

"Amateur radio-communication equipment"

means any radio-communication equipment in respect of which an Amateur Apparatus licensee is authorised in the licence to use;

"apparatus licence" means any apparatus licence set out in regulation 30(1);

"apparatus (spectrum) licence" means a licence referred to in regulation 28;

"applicant" means a person who applies for a licence or a variation of a licence, as the case may be, under these Regulations;

"armed forces" means the Royal Brunei Armed Forces raised and maintained under the Royal Brunei Armed Forces Act (Chapter 149), and includes any visiting force, not being a police force, which is lawfully present for the time being in Brunei Darussalam;

"Armed Forces Communication" means communication between radio-communication equipment of

(a)

the armed forces; or

(b)

the armed forces and any other radio-communication equipment, whether on shore or on any vessel or aircraft;

"bandwidth" means the width of a frequency band;

"broadcasting service" means a content applications service in which content is transmitted by means of radio-communication and intended for direct reception by the public or a section of the public;

"class licence" means a class licence referred to in regulation 71;

"conversion plan" means the conversion plan referred to in regulaton 6(2)(b);

"fixed service" means a radio-communication service between specified fixed points;

"interference"

(a)

in relation to radio-communication, means interference to or with radio-communication that is attributable, whether wholly or partly and whether directly or indirectly, to an emission of electro-magnetic waves by any equipment;

(b)

in relation to the uses or functions of any 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 electro-magnetic waves by radio-communication equipment;

"International Telecommunication Convention" means the Constitution and

Convention of the International Telecommunication Union signed in Geneva in 1992 relating to telecommunications, and include~ any subsequent

Constitution and Convention, to which the Government is a party and it extends to any Radio Regulations made under the Constitution and

Convention of the International Telecommunication Union;

"licence" means any licence granted under these Regulations;

"licensee"

(a)

in relation to an apparatus (spectrum) licence or an apparatus licence, means the holder of tlw licence, as the case may be;

(b)

in relation to any class of apparatus licence, means the holder of the respective class of apparatus licence;

(c)

in relation to a class licence, means the person granted the class licence;

1936

1937 14th. DECEMBER, 2013

"localised radio-communication equipment" means equipment that can only be used for communication with a base station or with another station within a defined power limit specified by the Authority;

"localised use" means the operation of specified radio·communication equipment at a specified frequency or in any specified frequency within a geographically bounded area or within a limited level of radio emission specified by the Authority;

"marketing plan" means the marketing plan referred to in regulation 6(2)(a};

"mobile service" means a radio-communication between a mobile station and a land station or fixed station, or between mobile stations;

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

"non-localised use" means the operation of specified radio-communication equipment or network at a specified frequency or in any specified frequency within the whole of Brunei Darussalam;

"radio-communication equipment" means

(a} any transmitter, receiver or a combination of both, including any accessory equipment;

(b)

any other device or equipment which either alone or together with one or more devices or equipment is capable of interfering with, or being subject to, interference by electro-magnetic radiation; or

(c)

any device which can be used for the purposes of radio-communication based network facilities, network services or application services;

"radio emission" means any emiSSion of electro-magnetic waves of frequencies less than 420 terahertz without continuous artificial guide, whether or not any person intended the waves to occur;

"radio frequency band" means any contiguous range of radio frequencies;

"radio frequency band plan" means the radio frequency band plan referred to in regulation 4( 1);

"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 the radio spectrum plan referred to in regulation 3(1);

"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 10(1);

"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.