Hong Kong Regulations

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CONTROL OF INTERFERENCE) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 2

Application of regulations and classification of apparatus

(Past version on 01/07/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3), these regulations shall apply
to every apparatus belonging to any of the following classes of apparatus for
or in respect of which limits of interference or insertion loss are specified
in Schedule 1- (L.N. 153 of 1993)

   (a)  ignition apparatus of internal combustion engines;

   (b)  information technology equipment; (L.N. 153 of 1993)

   (c)  sound and television broadcast receivers and associated equipment;
        (L.N. 153 of 1993)

   (d)  fluorescent lamps and luminaires; (L.N. 153 of 1993)

   (e)  (i) household electrical appliances and similar electrical apparatus;

        (ii)   portable tools. (L.N. 153 of 1993)

   (f)  -(g) (Repealed L.N. 153 of 1993)

(2) (Repealed L.N. 153 of 1993)

(3) (a) Any apparatus in an aircraft or in a vessel registered outside Hong
Kong shall, for the purposes of regulation 4, be deemed not to be within any
of the classes specified in paragraph (1), and references in these regulations
to the ignition apparatus of an internal combustion engine shall not be
construed as referring to the ignition apparatus of an internal combustion
engine in an aircraft or in a vessel registered outside Hong Kong. (23 of 1998
s. 2)

   (b)  For the purposes of regulation 3 any apparatus (other than the
        ignition apparatus of an internal combustion engine) designed to be
        used exclusively in a vessel or aircraft and to obtain its power
        solely therefrom, and for the purposes of regulation 4 any apparatus
        (other than the ignition apparatus of an internal combustion engine)
        used in a vessel or aircraft and obtaining its power solely therefrom,
        shall be deemed not to be within any of the classes specified in
        paragraph (1).

   (c)  For the purposes of regulations 3 and 4, an apparatus for
        radiocommunications or an apparatus of any kind that generates and
        emits radio waves shall be deemed not to be within any of the classes
        specified in paragraph (1) if a licence is required for its possession
        or use under section 8 of the Ordinance or if the possession or use of
        such apparatus without a licence is permitted pursuant to an order
        under section 39 of the Ordinance. (L.N. 153 of 1993; 36 of 2000 s.
        28)