The Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (Paging Operator Licences) Regulations 2000

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the 1984 Act” means the Telecommunications Act 1984(1);

“the BT Paging licence” means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to British Telecommunications plc on 23 December 1997;

“the former licences” means the relevant licences in the form they were in immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations;

“the Hutchison Paging licence” means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to Hutchison Paging (UK) Ltd on 30 June 1992;

“the Infowave Paging licence” means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to Infowave Ltd on 14 January 1992;

“the modified licences” means the relevant licences as amended by these Regulations;

“the relevant licences” means the licences granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to the persons specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 hereto on the date specified against each person in column 2 thereof;

“the Sprintel Paging licence” means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to Sprintel Communications (UK) Ltd (formerly known as Bell Boy Ltd) on 16 May 1990; and

“the Vodafone Paging licence” means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to Vodafone Paging Ltd (formerly known as Racal Vodapage Ltd) on 15 June 1987.

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1984 c. 12, as amended by the Telecommunications (Licensing) Regulations 1997 (S.I.1997/2930). There are other amendments to 1984 c. 12 which are not relevant to these Regulations.