The Telecommunications (Services for Disabled Persons) Regulations 2000

Interpretation U.K.

2.  In these Regulations—

• “the Act" means the Telecommunications Act 1984 M1 ;

• “BT" means British Telecommunications plc;

• “BT Cellnet" means Telecom Securicor Radio Limited;

• “the BT licence" means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the Act to British Telecommunications on 22nd June 1984 in relation to which BT became the licensee as the nominated successor company on the transfer date M2 as modified by the Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (British Telecommunications plc) Regulations 1999 M3 ;

• “the cable and local delivery operator licences" means the licences granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the Act to the persons specified in Schedules 1 and 2 to the Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (Cable and Local Delivery Operator Licences) Regulations 1999 M4 as modified by those Regulations, and any other licences granted after the coming into force of the aforementioned Regulations and subject to substantially the same terms and conditions as the aforementioned licences;

• “the fixed voice telephony and international facilities operator licences" means the licences granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the Act to the persons specified in Schedules 1 and 2 to the Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (Fixed Voice Telephony and International Facilities Operator Licences) Regulations 1999 M5 as modified by those Regulations and any other licences granted after the coming into force of the aforementioned Regulations and subject to substantially the same terms and conditions as the aforementioned licences;

• “the Kingston licence" means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the Act to Kingston Communications (Hull) PLC on 30th November 1987 as modified by the Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (Kingston Communications (Hull) PLC) Regulations 1999 M6 ;

• “the mobile licences" means the licences granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the Act to each of BT Cellnet on 22nd March 1994, to Dolphin Telecommunications Limited (formerly known as TetraLink Telecommunications Limited) on 12th December 1997, to One2One on 9th May 1995, to Orange Personal Communications Services Limited on 27th July 1995 and to Vodafone Limited on 9th December 1993 and, in the case of each licence, as modified by the Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (Mobile Public Telecommunication Operators) Regulations 1999 M7 ;

• “One2One" means Mercury Personal Communications Limited; and

• “the payphone operator licences" means the licences granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the Act to Infolines Public Network Limited and NWP Communications Limited, both dated 31st August 2000.

Marginal Citations

M1 1984 c. 12; section 7 is subject to amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

M2 The transfer date appointed under section 60 of 1984 c. 12 was 6th August 1984 (S.I. 1984/876, article 5).

M3 S.I. 1999/2453, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

M4 S.I. 1999/2454.

M5 S.I. 1999/2451, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

M6 S.I. 1999/2455.

M7 S.I. 1999/2452.