The Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment No. 4) Order 1990

Made: 1st August 1990

Coming into force: 11th August 1990

The Secretary of State, in exercise of powers conferred by section 1 of the Import, Export and Customs Powers (Defence) Act 1939[^f00001] and now vested in him[^f00002], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

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This Order may be cited as the Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment No. 4) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 11th August 1990.

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The Export of Goods (Control) Order 1989[^f00003] shall be further amended as follows:

• (a) in article 1(2), for the definition of ODMA software there shall be substituted:

• “ODMA software” means operating systems, diagnostic systems, maintenance systems or application software; and in each case includes only the minimum software necessary to enable the equipment to perform the function for which it was designed; and “operating systems”, “diagnostic systems”, “maintenance systems” and “application software” shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in entry IL1566 in Group 3G in Part II of Schedule 1 hereto for the purposes of that entry;

• (b) in article 2, in paragraphs (xi) and (xii) the words “or Namibia” shall be deleted;

• (c) in Group A of Part I of Schedule 1 (Goods specified by reference to headings and subheadings of the Combined Nomenclature (“CN”)), there shall be deleted the entry relating to the following CN heading: ex 7118 (coins of silver alloy of the United Kingdom minted before 1947, but not more than 100 years old at the date of exportation, exported in a quantity exceeding 10 in number);

• (d) the entries in Part II of Schedule 1 to the Order specified in the Schedule hereto shall be deleted;

• (e) in Group 3A of Part II of Schedule 1—

• (i) for entry IL1091 there shall be substituted the following entry:

• IL1091 Numerical control units, numerically controlled machine tools, components, specially designed parts and sub-assemblies,software and technology, the following— Numerical control units for machine tools, having any of the following characteristics, and specially designed ODMA software and specially designed components therefor— (1) more than three interpolating axes can be co-ordinated simultaneously for contouring control W (2) two or three interpolating axes can be co-ordinated simultaneously for contouring control and (A) the smallest programmable increment, namely the input resolution, for any linear axis is less than 0.001 mm W (1) machine tools for turning which have all the following characteristics W (A) according to the manufacturer’s technical specifications, can be equipped with numerical control units specified in head (a)above, even when not equipped with such units at delivery; (B) have two or more axes which can be co-ordinated simultaneously for containing control (C) have any of the following: (a) two or more contouring rotary axes; (b) run out (out-of-true running) less (better) than 0.0008 mm total indicator reading (TIR); (c) camming (axial displacement) less (better) than 0.0008 mm total indicator reading (TIR); or (d) the positioning accuracies, with all compensations available, are better than— (1) overall positioning along any linear axis of— (A) 0.006 mm for a total length of axis travel L equal to or shorter than 500 mm; or (B) (0.006 + 0.001 × (L − 500)/500) mm if L is longer than 500 mm and shorter than 5,500 mm; or (C) 0.016 mm if L is equal to or longer than 5,500 mm; or (2) of any rotary axis, 0.001°; (2) machine tools for milling which have all the following characteristics W (A) according to the manufacturer’s technical specifications, can be equipped with numerical control units specified in head (a) above, even when not equipped with such units at delivery; (B) have two or more axes which can be co-ordinated simultaneously for contouring control; (C) have any of the following: (a) two or more contouring rotary axes; (b) one or more contouring tilting spindles; (c) run out (out-of-true running) less (better) than 2 × D × 10−5 mm total indicator reading (TIR) where D equals the diameter of the spindle in mm; (d) the positioning accuracies, with all compensations available, are better than— (1) overall positioning along any linear axis of— (A) 0.006 mm, if none of the axes exceeds a total length of axis travel L of 650mm; (B) if the total length of axis travel L of any axis is longer than 650 mm, 0.008 mm or (0.008 + 0.0015 × (L – 500)/500) mm whichever is higher, for axes up to 5,500 mm of travel; or (C) 0.023 mm for any axis the total length L of which is equal to or longer than 5,500 mm; or (2) of any rotary axis, 0.001°; or (e) a motor power of any spindle of more than 75 kW; (3) Machine tools for grinding which have all the following characteristics W (A) according to the manufacturer’s technical specifications, can be equipped with numerical control units specified in head (a)above, even when not equipped with such units at delivery; (B) have two or more axes which can be co-ordinated simultaneously for contouring control; (C) have any of the following— (a) two or more contouring rotary axes; (b) one or more contouring tilting spindles; (c) run out (out-of-true running) less (better) than 0.0008 mm total indicator reading (TIR); or (d) the positioning accuracies, with all compensations available, are better than— (1) overall positioning along any linear axis of— (A) 0.004 mm, for a total length of axis travel L equal to or shorter than 300 mm; (B) (0.004 + 0.001 × (L − 300)/300) mm if L is longer than 300 mm, and shorter than 3,300 mm; or (C) 0.014 mm if L is equal to or longer than 3,300 mm; or (2) of any rotary axis, 0.001°;
• except—
• tool or cutter grinding machines having all the following characteristics— no more than four axes can be co-ordinated simultaneously for contouring control; no more than two rotary axes can be co-ordinated simultaneously for contouring control; run out (out-of-true running) more (worse) than 0.0008 mm total indicator reading (TIR); the positioning accuracies, with all compensations available, are not better than: (1) overall positioning along any linear axis of 0.004 mm; or (2) of any rotary axis, 0.001°; and (e) a maximum slide travel along any axis of less than 200 mm; (4) electrical discharge machines (EDM) of the wire feed type which have five or more contouring axes and which can be equipped with one of the following— (A) numerical control units specified in head (a) above even when not equipped with such units at delivery W (B) electronic controllers specified in head (b) in entry IL1391 in Group 3D W (5) electrical discharge machines (EDM) of the non-wire type which have two or more contouring rotary axes and which can be equipped with one of the following— (A) numerical control units specified in head (a) above even when not equipped with such units at delivery W (B) electronic controllers specified in head (b) in entry IL1391 in Group 3D W (6) machine tools for removing metals ceramics or composites, having all the following characteristics. W (A) acting by means of— (a) water or other liquid jets, whether or not employing abrasive additives (b) electron beam; or (c) laser beam; and (B) according to the manufacturer’s technical specifications, can be equipped with numerical control units specified in head (a)above, even when they are not equipped with such units at delivery; and (C) having two or more rotary axes which— (a) can be co-ordinated simultaneously for contouring control; and (b) have a positioning accuracy of better than 0.01°; (c) Technology for— (1) the development of numerical control units for machine tools D (2) the production of numerical control units which have either of the following characteristics: (A) specified in head (a) above D (B) containing a microprocessor with both of the following D (a) a word length of 32 bit; and (b) a bus architecture of 32 bit; (3) the development of numerically controlled machine tools for removing, cutting or spark eroding metals, ceramics or composites D (4) the production of numerically controlled machine tools which have either of the following characteristics— (A) specified in head (b) above D (B) a positioning accuracy along any linear axis of better than 0.02 mm D (5) the development of components specified in head (d) or (e) below D (6) the production of components or sub-assemblies, which have either of the following characteristics— (A) specified in head (d) or sub-head (e)(2) below D (B) not specified in sub-head (d)(2) or (d)(3) below D (7) the development of interactive graphics as an integrated part in numerical control units for preparation or modification of part programmes D (8) the development of generators of machine tool instructions (eg part programmes) from design data residing inside numerical control units D (9) the incorporation of expert systems for advanced decision support of shop floor operations D (10) the development of flexible manufacturing units used with the software specified in sub-head (b)(5)(E) in entry IL1566 in Group 3G D (d) Components and specially designed parts for machine tools specified in head (b) above, the following— (1) spindle assemblies, consisting of spindles and bearings as a minimal assembly, with run-out (out-of-true running) less than— (A) 0.0008 mm total indicator reading (TIR) for machine tools for turning or grinding W (B) 2 × D × 10−5 mm total indicator reading (TIR), where D equals the diameter of the spindle in mm, for machine tools for milling W (2) linear position feedback units (eg inductive type devices, graduated scales, laser or infrared systems) having, with compensation, an overall accuracy better than ± (0.0015 + L × 10−6) mm, where L equals the effective length in mm of the linear measurement W (3) rotary position feedback units (eg inductive type devices, graduated scales, laser or infrared systems) having, with compensation, an accuracy better than ± 0.00025° W (4) slide way assemblies consisting of a minimal assembly of ways, bed and slide with all of the following characteristics W (A) a yaw, pitch or roll of less than 2 seconds of arc, total indicator reading (TIR); (B) a horizontal straightness of less then 0.004 mm; and (C) a vertical straightness of less than 0.004 mm; (5) ball screws, having all of the following characteristics W (A) a sum of tolerance of mean travel deviation (e) and half the travel variation (Vu) less than (0.0025 + 5 × 10−6 × L) mm, where L is the useful travel in mm of the ball screw; (B) a tolerance of travel variation (V300) within 300 mm travel of the ball screw less than 0.004 mm; and (C) a run-out (out-of-true running) of the journal diameter related to the screw shaft outer diameter less than 0.005 mm total indicator reading (TIR), at an axial distance of 3 or more times the screw shaft outer diameter from the end of the journal; (6) single point diamond cutting tool inserts having all of the following characteristics W (A) a flawless and chip-free cutting edge when magnified 400 times in any direction; (B) a cutting radius out-of-roundness less than 0.002 mm total indicator reading (TIR); and (C) a cutting radius between 0.1 and 5.0 mm; (7) linear induction motors used as drives for slides having all the following characteristics W (A) a stroke longer than 200 mm for linear slides; (B) a nominal force rating above 45 N; and (C) a minimal controlled incremental movement less than 0.001 mm for linear motion; (e) Specially designed components or sub-assemblies, capable of upgrading, according to the manufacturer’s specifications, numerical control units, machine tools or feed-back devices to or above the levels specified in head (a) or (b), or in sub-head (d)(2) or (d)(3) above, the following— (1) printed circuit boards with mounted components and software therefor W (2) compound rotary tables W In this entry —
• “accuracy”, usually measured in terms of inaccuracy, means the maximum deviation, positive or negative, of an indicated value from an accepted standard or true value;
• “adaptive control” means a control system that adjusts the response from conditions detected during the operation;
• “camming” (axial displacement) means axial displacement in one revolution of the main spindle measured in a plane perpendicular to the spindle faceplate, at a point next to the circumference of the spindle faceplate;
• “compound rotary table” means a table allowing the workpiece to rotate and tilt about two non-parallel axes, which can be co-ordinated simultaneously for contouring control;
• “contouring control” means two or more numerically controlled motions operating in accordance with instructions that specify the next required position and the required feed rates to that position. These feed rates are varied in relation to each other so that a desired contour is generated;
• “numerical control” means the automatic control of a process performed by a device that makes use of numeric data usually introduced as the operation is in progress;
• “positioning accuracy” of numerically controlled machine tools is to be determined and presented in accordance with ISO/DIS 230/2, paragraph 2.13, in conjunction with the requirements below: test conditions:— (1) for 12 hours before and during measurements, the machine tools and accuracy measuring equipment will be kept at the same ambient temperature. During the premeasurement time the slides of the machine will be continuously cycled in the same manner that the accuracy measurements will be taken; (2) the machine shall be equipped with any mechanical, electronic, or software compensation to be exported with the machine; (3) accuracy of measuring equipment for the measurements shall be at least 4 times more accurate than the expected machine tool accuracy; (4) power supply for slide drives shall be the following:— (A) line voltage variation shall not be greater than ± 10 percent of nominal rated voltage; (B) frequency variation shall not be greater than ± 2 Hz of normal frequency; (C) lineouts or interrupted service are not permitted. (b) test programme:— (1) feed rate (velocity of slides) during measurement shall be the rapid traverse rate;
• NOTE: In case of machine tools which generate optical quality surfaces, the feed rate shall be equal to or less than 50 mm per minute; (2) measurements shall be made in an incremental manner from one limit of the axis travel to the other without returning to the starting position for each move to the target position; (3) axes not being measured shall be retained at mid travel during test of an axis. (c) presentation of test results:-the results of the measurements must include:— (1) positioning accuracy (A); and (2) the mean reversal error (B).
• “run out” (out-of-true running) means radial displacement in one revolution of the main spindle measured in a plane perpendicular to the spindle axis at a point on the external or internal revolving surface to be tested;
• “tilting spindle” means a tool holding spindle which alters, during the machining process, the angular position of its centre line with respect to any other axis;
• “machine tools for removing, cutting or spark eroding metal, ceramics or composites” are the following: machine tools for turning, including— (1) horizontal turning machines; (2) vertical turning machines; (3) turning centres, with or without milling or grinding options; (4) machines for generating optical quality surfaces; (b) machine tools for milling, including— (1) boring machines; (2) boring-milling machines; (3) milling machines; (4) machining centres, with or without turning or grinding options; (5) machine tools for routing; (c) machine tools for grinding, with or without milling or turning options, including— (1) jig grinding machines; (2) contour grinding machines; (3) tool and cutter grinding machines; (d) machine tools using electric discharge for machining; (e) other machine tools, as follows: (1) water and other liquid jet machines; (2) electron beam cutting machines; or (3) laser cutting machines. Any term used in this entry shall bear the meaning it has in entry IL1565 and entry IL1566 in Group 3G.

• (ii) after entry PL7005 there shall be inserted the following new entry:

• IL1099 Dimensional inspection systems or devices, the following: and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor— Manual dimensional inspection machines with two or more axes, and having a measurement uncertainty equal to or less (better) than (0.25 + L/1000) micrometre in any axis(L is measured length in mm) C
• except
• optical comparators Computer controlled or numerically controlled dimensional inspection machines having both of the following characteristics C (1) two or more axes; (2) a one dimensional (1D) length measurement uncertainty equal to or less (better) than (1.5 + L/1000) micrometre tested with a probe of an accuracy of less (better) than 0.2 micrometre (L is measured length in mm); (c) Linear angular displacement measuring devices, the following— (1) linear measuring instruments having any of the following characteristics— (A) non-contact type measuring systems with a resolution equal to or less than 0.2 micrometre within a measuring range up to 0.2mm C (B) linear voltage differential transformer systems having both of the following characteristics C (a) linearity equal to or less (better) than 0.1% within a measuring range up to and including 5 mm; and (b) drift equal to or less (better) than 0.1% per day at a standard ambient test room temperature ± 1K; or (C) measuring systems having both the following characteristics C (a) contain a laser; (b) maintain for at least 12 hours, over a temperature range of ± 1 K around a standard temperature and at a standard pressure— (1) a resolution over their full scale of ± 0.1 micrometre or better; and (2) a measurement uncertainty equal to or less (better) than (0.2 + L/2000) micrometre. (L is measured length in mm); (2) angular measuring instruments having an angular position deviation equal to or less (better) than 0.00025° C
• except
• optical instruments, such as autocollimators, using collimated light to detect angular displacement of a mirror; Systems for simultaneous linear-angular inspection of hemishells, having both of the following characteristics C (1) measurement uncertainty along any linear axis equal to or less (better) than 3.5 micrometre per 5 mm; (2) angular position deviation equal to or less (better) than 0.02°;
• NOTE: Specially designed ODMA software for the systems described in this head includes software for simultaneous measurement of wall thickness and contour. In this entry —
• “angular position deviation” means the maximum difference between angular position and the actual, very accurately measured angular position, after the workpiece mount of the table has been turned out of its initial position;
• “linearity” (usually measured in terms of non-linearity) means the maximum deviation of the actual characteristic (average of upscale and downscale readings), positive or negative, from a straight line so positioned as to equalise and minimise the maximum deviations;
• “measurement uncertainty” means the characteristic parameter which specifies in what range about the ouput value the correct value of the measurable variable lies with a confidence level of 95%. It includes the uncorrected systematic deviations, the uncorrected backlash and the random deviations;
• “resolution” means the least increment of a measuring device; on digital instruments, the least significant bit.

• (f) in Group 3D of Part II of Schedule 1—

• (i) for entry IL1353 there shall be substituted the following entry:

• IL1353 Manufacturing and testing equipment for optical fibre, optical cable and other cables, the following: and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor— Equipment specially designed to manufacture cable specified in head (a) or (d) of entry IL1526 in Group 3F C Equipment specially designed to manufacture optical fibre specified in entry IL1526 in Group 3F C Equipment specially designed to manufacture optical fibre preforms specified in entry IL1767 in Group 3I C Optical fibre and optical fibre preform characterisation equipment using semiconductor lasers for the testing of optical fibres or optical fibre preforms at operating wavelengths exceeding 1,000 nm C

• (ii) for entry IL1370 there shall be substituted the following entry:

• IL1370 Machine tools for generating optical quality surfaces, specially designed components and accessories therefor, the following: and specially designed ODMA software therefor— Turning machines using a single point cutting tool and having all of the following characteristics C (1) slide positioning accuracy less (better) than 0.0005 mm per 300 mm of travel total indicator reading (TIR); (2) slide positioning repeatability less (better) than 0.00025 mm per 300 mm of travel total indicator reading (TIR); (3) spindle runout (radial and axial) less than 0.0004 mm total indicator reading (TIR); (4) angular deviation of the slide movement (yaw, pitch and roll) less (better) than 2 seconds of arc total indicator reading (TIR) over full travel; (5) slide perpendicularity less than 0.001 mm per 300 mm of travel total indicator reading (TIR); (b) Fly cutting machines having both of the following characteristics C (1) spindle run-out (radial and axial) less than 0.0004 mm total indicator reading (TIR); (2) angular deviation of slide movement (yaw, pitch and roll) less (better) than 2 seconds of arc total indicator reading (TIR)over full travel; (c) Specially designed components, the following— (1) spindle assemblies, consisting of spindles and bearings as a minimal assembly C
• except
• those assemblies with axial and radial axis motion measured along the spindle axis in one revolution of the spindle equal to or greater (worse) than 0.0008 mm total indicator reading (TIR); (2) linear induction motors used as drives for slides, having all the following characteristics C (A) stroke longer than 200 mm; (B) nominal force rating greater than 45 N; (C) minimum controlled incremental movement less than 0.001 mm; (d) Specially designed accessories, namely single point diamond cutting tool inserts having all the following characteristics C (1) flawless and chip-free cutting edge when magnified 400 times in any direction; (2) cutting radius between 0.1 and 5 mm; (3) cutting radius out-of-roundness less than 0.002 mm total indicator reading (TIR).

• (iii) for entry IL1391 there shall be substituted the following entry:

• IL1391 Robots, robot controllers and robot end-effectors, the following: and specially designed components and specially designed ODMA software therefor— Robots having any of the following characteristics— (1) capable of employing feedback information in real-time processing from vision systems to generate or modify programmes or to generate or modify numerical programme data C except
• those capable of processing no more than 100,000 pixels using an industrial television camera, or no more than 65,536 pixels using a solid-state camera;
• those using a single-scene analysis processor having neither a word size of more than 32 bit (excluding parity bits) nor parallel processing for the same task;
• those having software not capable of full three-dimensional mathematical modelling or full three-dimensional scene analysis; NOTE: The above exception includes approximation of the third dimension by viewing at a given angle, and limited grey scale interpretation for the perception of depth or texture for the approved tasks (2 1/2 D);
• those having no user-accessible programmability other than by input reference images through the system’s camera; or
• those capable of no more than one scene analysis every 0.1 second; The exceptions in paragraphs (a), (b) (c) (d) and (e) above do not apply to technological documents the information in which includes information relating to goods excluded by paragraphs (a) (b) (c) (d) or (e) other than that necessary for the operation, repair or maintenance of the robot. (2) specially designed to comply with national safety standards applicable to explosive munitions environments C (3) incorporating means of protecting hydraulic lines against externally induced punctures caused by ballistic fragments (eg, incorporating self-sealing lines) and designed to use hydraulic fluids with flash points higher than 839 K(566°C) C (4) specially designed for underwater use (namely incorporating special techniques or components for sealing, pressure compensation or corrosion resistance) C (5) operable at altitudes exceeding 30,000 m. C (6) specially designed for outdoor applications and meeting military specifications therefor C (7) specially designed or rated for operating in an electro-magnetical pulse (EMP) environment C (8) specially designed or rated as radiation-hardened beyond that necessary to withstand normal industrial (namely non-nuclear industry) ionising radiation C (9) equipped with precision measuring devices specified in entry IL1099 in Group 3A C (10) specially designed to move autonomously its entire structure through three-dimensional space in a simultaneously co-ordinated manner C
• except systems in which the robot moves along a fixed path; robots specially designed for household use or those modified from household robots for educational purposes (pre-university), if not specified elsewhere in this entry; Electronic controllers or end effectors specially designed for robots specified in head (a) above C

• (g) in Group 3F of Part II of Schedule 1—

• (i) for entry IL1516 there shall be substituted the following entry:

• IL1516 Receivers, the following: and specially designed components, accessories and specially designed ODMA software therefor— Digitally controlled radio receivers (whether or not computer controlled) which— (1) search or scan automatically a part of the electromagnetic spectrum, and indicate or identify the received signals; and (2) complete the switching operation in less than 4.5ms C
• except:
• non-ruggedised, pre-set radio receivers designed for use in civil communications which have 1,000 selective channels or fewer; Receivers for spread spectrum and frequency agile systems, having a total transmitted bandwidth which is— (1) 100 or more times the bandwidth of any one information channel; and (2) in excess of 50 kHz C (c) Receivers which incorporate digital signal processing C
• except
• receivers which are specially designed for internationally allocated civil frequency bands only and which do not permit user-accessible programmability of the digital signal processing circuits. In this entry—
• “spread spectrum” means the technique whereby energy in a narrow-band communication channel is spread over a much wider energy spectrum under the control of a random or pseudo-random bit stream; on receipt, the signal is correlated with the same bit stream to achieve the reverse process of reducing the bandwidth to its original form; by allocating different bit streams to different subscribers transmitting simultaneously, significantly greater use can be made of available bandwidth;
• “frequency agility” means a system in which the transmission frequency of a single communication channel is made to change by discrete steps under the control of a similar bit stream (sometimes known as frequency hopping).

• (ii) for entry IL1519 there shall be substituted the following entry:

• IL1519 Telecommunication transmission equipment, measuring and test equipment, the following: and specially designed components, accessories and specially designed ODMA software therefor— Telecommunication transmission equipment employing digital techniques (including the digital processing of analogue signals)and having any of the following characteristics— (1) designed for a total digital transfer rate which, at the highest multiplex level, exceeds— (A) 45 million bit/s C (B) 8.5 million bit/s, in the case of stored programme controlled digital cross-connection equipment C or
• 90 million bit/s, to take account of line coding and overhead, for:
• line terminating equipment;
• intermediate amplifier equipment;
• repeater equipment;
• regenerator equipment;
• translation encoders (transcoders) C (2) designed for a data signalling rate which exceeds— (A) 9,600 bit/s, when using the bandwidth of one voice channel C or (B) 64,000 bit/s, when using baseband C or (3) employing a laser having a transmission wavelength exceeding 1,000 nm C (b) Telecommunication transmission equipment employing lasers and any of the following techniques— (1) in the case of equipment which has a bandwidth which exceeds 45 MHz or an operating wavelength longer than 1,370 nm, analogue techniques C (2) optical heterodyne or homodyne detection techniques (also called coherent optical transmission techniques) C
• or (3) wavelength division multiplexing techniques C (c) Electronic measuring or test equipment, including bit error rate test sets, specially designed for equipment designed for the total digital transfer rate specified in sub-head (a)(1) above C (d) Technology for the development or production of equipment employing digital transmission techniques for operation at a total digital transfer rate at the highest multiplex level exceeding 8.5 million bit/s D
• There shall be excluded from this entry: telemetering, telecommand and telesignalling equipment designed for industrial purposes (being sensing heads for the conversion of information into electrical signals, and the systems used for transmitting these electrical signals long distance and translating them into coded data, into control signals and into display signals); facsimile equipment not specified by entry IL1527 in Group 3F; equipment employing exclusively the direct current transmission technique.
• In this entry:
• “data signalling rate” has the same meaning as in entry IL1567 in Group 3G;
• “telecommunication transmission equipment” means equipment which is— any, or any combination, of the following: (1) line terminating equipment; (2) intermediate amplifier equipment; (3) repeater equipment; (4) regenerator equipment; (5) translation encoders (transcoders); (6) multiplex equipment; (7) modulators or demodulators (modems); (8) transmultiplex equipment; or (9) stored programme controlled digital cross-connection equipment; and (b) designed for use in single or multi-channel communication via: (1) wire (line); (2) coaxial cable; (3) optical fibre cable; or (4) electromagnetic radiation.

• (iii) for entry IL1520 there shall be substituted the following entry:

• IL1520 Radio relay communication equipment, specially designed test equipment, software and technology, the following: and specially designed components and accessories therefor— Radio relay communication equipment designed for use at frequencies exceeding 960 MHz W
• except: (1) microwave radio links for fixed civil installations, which— (A) employ analogue transmission; and (B) are designed for operation at fixed frequencies not exceeding 23.6 GHz; (2) microwave radio links which— (A) employ digital transmission techniques; (B) are designed for operation at a total digital transfer rate not exceeding 45 Mbit/s or, taking into account line coding and overhead, 90 Mbit/s; (C) if the total digital transfer rate exceeds 8.5 million bit/s, do not employ quadrature-amplitude-modulation (QAM) techniques above level 4; and (D) operate at fixed frequencies not exceeding 23.6 GHz; (3) ground communication radio equipment designed for civil use with temporarily fixed services and at fixed frequencies not exceeding 23.6 GHz, with a power output of not more than 5 W; (4) civil sound or television broadcast receiving stations for satellite reception, which— (A) are designed to comply with ITU standards; (B) are specially designed for use at fixed frequencies allocated by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for civil television or sound radio satellite broadcasting; and (C) operate at frequencies not exceeding 31 GHz; (5) equipment which is— (A) specially designed for the transmission of television signals; and (B) operates at frequencies not exceeding 23.6 GHz; (6) equipment which is— (A) specially designed to be installed and operated in satellite earth stations for the following civil uses— (a) communication and direct broadcast; (b) telemetry-tracking-and-command; or (c) weather or meteorological purposes; and (B) designed for an operating frequency not exceeding 31 GHz; (b) Tropospheric scatter communication equipment C
• except:
• equipment which has all the following characteristics, namely, that it: (1) is designed for fixed civil use; (2) operates at fixed frequencies of 2.7 GHz or less; (3) uses frequency modulation; and (4) has a power amplifier output of 10 kW or less; (c) Stand-alone radio transmission media simulators or channel estimators and specially designed ODMA software therefor, specially designed for testing equipment specified in head (a) or (b) above C
• except:
• equipment in which the adjustments can only be made manually; Technology: (1) for equipment employing quadrature-amplitude-modulation (QAM) techniques or otherwise specified in head (a) above D
• except:
• technology for equipment employing quadrature-amplitude-modulation techniques, where such technology is for the installation, operation or maintenance of such equipment; (2) for equipment specified in paragraph (6) of the exception to head (a) above D
• except:
• technology for the installation, operation or maintenance of such equipment;
• or (3) for equipment excluded from this entry in paragraph (1) or (2) below D
• except:
• technology for the installation, operation or maintenance of such equipment; There shall be excluded from this entry— (1) equipment for civil television transmission or for general commercial traffic, which— (a) is not designed for operation at a total digital transfer rate exceeding 45 million bit/s; (b) does not employ quadrature-amplitude-modulation (QAM) techniques; and (c) has a maximum operating frequency not exceeding 23.6 GHz; (2) analogue microwave transmission equipment for civil industrial use (for example, remote supervision, control and metering of oil and gas pipelines, use in electricity networks and other civil public utility services including use in telephone channels for the operation of electricity networks and in the engineering service circuits required for the maintenance of telecommunication links), provided the maximum operating frequency does not exceed 23.6 GHz.

• (iv) for entry IL1531 there shall be substituted the following entry:

• IL1531 Frequency synthesisers, and equipment containing such frequency synthesisers, and technology, the following: Frequency synthesisers containing frequency standards specified in head (c) in entry IL1529 in Group 3F C Instrument frequency synthesisers and synthesised signal generators, and specially designed components and accessories therefor, designed for ground use, and producing output frequencies the accuracy of which and the short term and long term stability of which are controlled by, derived from, or disciplined by the input frequency or internal master standard frequency, and having any of the following characteristics— (1) a maximum synthesised output frequency of more than 550 MHz C (2) any of the following noise characteristics— (A) a single sideband (SSB) phase noise better than —120 dBc/Hz when measured at a 20 kHz offset from the carrier frequency C (B) a single sideband (SSB) phase noise better than —106 dBc/Hz when measured at a 100 Hz offset from the carrier frequency C (C) an integrated phase noise better than —60 dBc/Hz referred to a 30 kHz band centred on the carrier, excluding the 1 Hzband centred on this carrier C or (D) an integrated AM noise better than —70 dBc/Hz referred to a 30 kHz band centred on the carrier, excluding the 1 Hzband centred on this carrier C except: synthesised signal generators having the characteristics specified in paragraph (1) or (2)(A) above and a maximum synthesised output frequency of 1,400 MHz or a single sideband phase noise of not less than —136 dBc/Hz when measured at an offset of 20 kHz from a carrier frequency of 100 MHz, provided that the technology supplied is the minimum necessary for the installation, operation and maintenance of the generator; (3) electrically programmable in frequency, with a frequency switching time of less than 5ms C (4) electrically programmable in phase, with a switching time from one selected phase value to another of less than 10 ms, except where incorporating pre-emphasis networks from frequency modulation C (5) a level of spurious components in the output, measured relatively to the selected output frequency, better than— (A) —60 dB harmonic C or (B) —92 dB non-harmonic C (6) more than 3 different selected synthesised output frequencies available simultaneously from one or more outputs C (7) facilities for pulse modulation of the output frequency C (c) Airborne communication equipment using frequency synthesisers, the following: and specially designed components and accessories therefor— (1) equipment designed to receive or transmit frequencies of more than 156 MHz C (2) equipment which incorporates facilities for the rapid selection of more than 200 channels per item of equipment C
• except equipment which operates in the frequency range of 108 to 137 MHz, incorporates facilities for the rapid selection of 760 channels or fewer at not less than 25 kHz channel spacing and has been in normal civil use for at leas t one year; (3) equipment with a frequency switching time of less than 10 ms C (4) frequency synthesisers designed for the airborne communication equipment specified above (whether supplied therewith or separately), exceeding any of the parameters referred to in head (b) above C (d) Radio transmitters using frequency synthesis and incorporating transmitter drive units, exciters and master oscillators, the following: and specially designed components and accessories therefor— (1) equipment having an output frequency of more than 550 MHz C
• except: television broadcasting transmitters having all of the following characteristics— an output frequency not exceeding 960 MHz; a frequency resolution of not better than 1 kHz; and there is incorporated in or driving the transmitter a manually-operated frequency synthesiser which has an output frequency not exceeding 120 MHz; ground communication equipment designed for civil use in the land mobile or marine services (for example cellular radio communications systems, amateur radio or portable radiophone) and having all of the following characteristics— an operating frequency of not more than 1.3 GHz; a power output of 50 W or less for mobile units, or 300 W or less for fixed units; in the case of cellular radio base stations, use of analogue radio transmission only; a transmitter frequency switching time of 4.5 ms or more; a frequency resolution of not better than 2.5 kHz; none of the features specified in head (c) of entry IL1517 in Group 3F; (2) equipment having more than three different selected synthesised output frequencies available simultaneously from one or more outputs C (3) equipment with facilities for pulse modulation of the output frequency of the transmitter or of the incorporated frequency synthesiser C (4) frequency synthesisers designed for radio transmitters incorporating transmitter drive units, exciters and master oscillators (whether supplied therewith or separately) exceeding any of the parameters referred to in head (b) above C
• except—
• those specially designed for radio telephones described in the exception in paragraph (1)(B) above; Technology for equipment referred to in paragraph (1) of the exception to head (d) above, where such technology is for the development or production of digital equipment or of specially designed ODMA software for use in digital civil land mobile networks D There shall be excluded from this entry equipment in which the output frequency is produced by the addition or subtraction of two or more crystal oscillator frequencies, whether or not followed by multiplication of the result. In this entry —
• “frequency synthesiser” means any kind of frequency source or signal generator, regardless of the actual technique used, providing a multiplicity of simultaneous or alternative output frequencies, from one or more outputs, controlled by, derived from or disciplined by a lesser number of standard (or master) frequencies;
• “frequency switching time” means the maximum time (ie delay), when switched from one selected output frequency to another selected output frequency, to reach: a frequency within 100 Hz of the final frequency; or an output level within 1.0 dB of the final output level.

• (v) for entry IL1537 there shall be substituted the following entry:

• IL1537 Microwave (including millimetric wave) equipment, capable of operating at frequencies of over 10.5 GHz, the following: Rigid and flexible waveguides designed for use at frequencies in excess of 26.5 GHz C Waveguides having a bandwidth ratio above 1.7:1 C Directional couplers having a bandwidth ratio above 1.7:1 and directivity over the band of 20 dB or more C Phased array antennae and sub-assemblies, designed to permit electronic control of beam shaping and pointing, and specially designed components therefor, including duplexers, phase shifters and associated high-speed diode switches C
• except:
• duplexers and phase shifters specially designed for use in civil television systems and in other civil radar or communication systems not specified elsewhere in this Schedule; Other antennae specially designed for operation at frequencies above 30 GHz, having a diameter of less than 1 m, and specially designed components therefor C Microwave assemblies and sub-assemblies (including active circuit elements), capable of being used at frequencies above 23.6 GHz and having circuits fabricated by the same processes as are used in integrated circuit technology C Microwave assemblies and sub-assemblies, which contain band-pass or band-stop filters and are capable of operating at 23.6 GHz or more C Amplifiers having an instantaneous bandwidth of more than half an octave (the highest operating frequency being more than 1.5 times the lowest operating frequency) C
• except:
• parametric or paramagnetic amplifiers which— are specially designed for medical applications; are specially designed for use in simple educational devices (those designed for use in teaching basic principles and demonstrating the operation of those principles in educational institutions), and operate at industrial, scientific or medical (ISM) frequencies; or have an output power of not more than 10 W and are specially designed for— (1) systems for the detection of industrial or civilian intrusion and related alarm systems; (2) traffic or industrial movement control and counting systems; (3) systems for the detection of environmental pollution of air or water; or (4) simple educational devices (those designed for use in teaching basic principles and demonstrating the operation of those principles in educational institutions).

• (h) in Group 3G of Part II of Schedule 1—

• (i) for entry IL1565 there shall be substituted the following entry: