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The 'Wireless Telegraphy Acts' are laws regulating radio communications in the United Kingdom.
Wireless telegraphy as a concept is defined in British law as "the sending of electro-magnetic energy over paths not provided by a material substance."
The term telegraphy, although best known in relation to the electric telegraph, relates to the sending of messages over long-distances. Wireless telegraphy is differentiated from electrical telegraphy in that the messages are transmitted via electromagnetic means (light or radio) rather than via a physical electrical cable connection.
The guardian of the UK's electromagnetic spectrum is the communications regulator, Ofcom.

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Brief history of the UK Wireless Telegraphy Acts

Brief history of the UK Wireless Telegraphy Acts

★ Wireless Telegraphy Act 1904 (subsequently repealed)

★ Wireless Telegraphy Act 1906 (subsequently repealed)

★ Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 c. 54 (subsequently repealed)

★ Marine etc. Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967 c.41 (banned offshore pirate radio stations, subsequently repealed)

★ Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967 c. 72

★ Telecommunications Act 1984 (made amendments to the 1949 Act)

★ Broadcasting Act 1990 (made extensive amendments to the 1949 Act)

★ Broadcasting Act 1996

★ Wireless Telegraphy Act 1998 c. 6 (introduced spectrum pricing)

★ Office of Communications Act 2002 (created Ofcom)

★ Communications Act 2003 (provided for new activities relating to spectrum pricing)

★ Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 c. 36 (in force from 2007-02-08; consolidated wireless telegraphy legislation; repealed the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949)