Definitions
Article 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions set out in Article 2 of Directive 2002/21/EC apply.
The following definitions also apply:
1. ‘provider of electronic communications to the public’ means an undertaking providing public communications networks or publicly available electronic communications services;
2. ‘internet access service’ means a publicly available electronic communications service that provides access to the internet, and thereby connectivity to virtually all end points of the internet, irrespective of the network technology and terminal equipment used;
3. ‘OFCOM’ means the Office of Communications as established by the Office of Communications Act 2002.
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Substituted by Regulation (EU) 2018/1971 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 establishing the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the Agency for Support for BEREC (BEREC Office), amending Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1211/2009 (Text with EEA relevance).
Words in Art. 2 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Open Internet Access (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1243), regs. 1, 3(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electronic Communications (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/919), regs. 1(2), 5(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)