Page 269 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

POST OFFICE GUIDE 269

Radio and Telegraph Licences, conul.

The following licences may be issued:—
(1) Private Radio Station Licence authorizing the establishment, mainte­
nance and use of one or more stations.
(2) Private Radio Station (User) Licence authorizing the use only of one or
more stations.
The fee payable on application for these licences is the annual fee specified in
the Schedule below. These licences may be renewed each year on payment to the
Postmaster General of the annual fee.
In addition, the Postmaster General may issue a non-renewable Private Radio
Station Licence or Private Radio Station (User) Licence for a specified limited
period of less than one year. These licences may be issued for periods of 3 months,
6 months or 9 months, the fee applicable being one-quarter, one-half or three-
quarters of the annual fee specified in the Schedule below.

Schedule of Fees

1. Private Radio Station Licence
Annual fee for each transmitter included in a licence:—
(a) transmitters operating on a frequency not exceeding 470
MHz with a mean power not exceeding one watt .. S 5.00
(b) transmitters operating with a mean power not exceeding
125 watts .. .. .. ., S 8.00
(c) transmitters operating with a mean power in excess of
125 watts .. .. .. .. S16.00
(d) transmitters carrying more than one voice channel:
(i) carrying a maximum of 6 voice channels.. .. S36.00
(ii) carrying more than 6 voice channels:
for each additional group of 6 voice channels or part
thereof .. .. .. .. S30.00
(c) paging transmitters serving more than one organization S50.00
2. Private Radio Station (User) Licence
Annual Fee .. .. .. .. S 5.00
3. Substitute licence .. .. .. .. S 5.00
COASTAL VESSELS RADIO TELEPHONE LICENCE
These Licences arc issued in accordance with the Merchant Shipping (Wireless
Telegraphy) Act and the Merchant Shipping (Wireless Telegraphy) (Coastal
Vessels) Regulations 1958 and are granted by the Minister. Application should
be made to the the Postmaster General. The fee is S6.00 per annum payable on
April 1, in each year.
No person shall operate any apparatus in respect of which a licence is granted
under these regulations unless he is the holder of a Certificate of Competency
granted by the Postmaster General. Examinations are arranged by the Tele­
communications Branch of the Post Office. No fee is specified for this examina­
tion.