Hong Kong Regulations

TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATIONS - REGULATION 2

Grant of licences by Authority, etc.

(Past version on 27/01/1998).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) The Authority may grant any of the licences specified in Parts I and IA of
Schedule 1. (L.N. 430 of 1990; L.N. 28 of 1997)

(2) Save as provided in subregulations (2A), (2B), (2C), (3), (4) and (5),
every such licence shall be valid until the first day, in the year next
following the year in which it was granted, of the month next following the
month in which it was granted. (L.N. 215 of 1973; L.N. 430 of 1990; L.N. 133
of 1995; L.N. 28 of 1997)

(2A) A public radiocommunications service licence or a public
radiocommunications service licence (for services other than land mobile
services) shall be valid for 10 years from the day on which it is granted,
and, subject to the discretion of the Authority, may be extended for a further
period of up to 3 years. (L.N. 430 of 1990; L.N. 52 of 1998; 36 of 2000 s. 28)

(2B) A fixed telecommunications network services licence shall be valid for 15
years from the day on which it is granted and, at the discretion of the
Authority, may be renewed for such further period not exceeding 15 years as
the Authority thinks fit. (L.N. 133 of 1995; 36 of 2000 s. 28)

(2C) A self-provided external telecommunications system (short term) licence
shall be valid for a period of 3 months from the day on which it is granted
and is not renewable. (L.N. 28 of 1997; 36 of 2000 s. 28)

(3) A broadcast relay station licence shall be valid for 15 years from the day
on which it is granted. (L.N. 215 of 1973)

(4) A ship station licence or an aircraft station licence shall be valid from
the first day of the month in which it is granted and shall, subject to the
conditions thereof, be valid for a period of 12 months thereafter. (L.N. 43 of
1966)

(5) A new ship station licence granted pursuant to an application made under
clause 9(d) of the general conditions of a ship station licence shall be valid
for a period of 12 months from the first day of the month in which it is
granted. (L.N. 406 of 1992)

(5A) A new aircraft station licence granted pursuant to an application made
under clause 3(3) of the conditions of an aircraft station licence shall be
valid for the same period as the licence replaced thereby would have been
valid had such new licence not been granted. (L.N. 406 of 1992)

(6) The fee payable on the grant or renewal of any licence granted or renewed
by the Authority shall be the appropriate fee specified in Parts I, IA and II
of Schedule 1. (L.N. 215 of 1973; L.N. 4 of 1984; L.N. 301 of 1989; L.N. 430
of 1990; L.N. 28 of 1997)

(6A)-(6E) (Repealed L.N. 430 of 1990)

(7) Every licence granted by the Authority shall be in the appropriate form
set out in Schedule 3; the Authority may add such further conditions as he may
think necessary either generally or in any particular case and may delete such
of the conditions in any form in Schedule 3 as he thinks fit.