The Telecommunications (Open Network Provision and Leased Lines) Regulations 1997

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The Telecommunications (Open Network Provision and Leased Lines) Regulations 1997

Statutory Instruments

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Made

9 th December 1997

Laid before Parliament

10 th December 1997

Coming into force

31 st December 1997

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in respect of measures relating to telecommunications, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by that section and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Telecommunications (Open Network Provision and Leased Lines) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 31 st December 1997.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1984 Act” means the Telecommunications Act 1984(3);

“BT” means British Telecommunications plc;

“the BT licence” means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to British Telecommunications on 22 nd June 1984 to run the telecommunication systems referred to in Annex A thereof, in relation to which BT became the licensee as the nominated successor company on the transfer date(4);

“the Commission” means the Commission of the European Communities;

“essential requirements” has the meaning given by Article 2 of the ONP Framework Directive;

“Hull” means Kingston upon Hull City Council and Kingston Communications (Hull) PLC;

“the Hull licence” means the licences granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to Hull on 30 th November 1987 to run the telecommunication systems referred to in Annex A thereof;

“the Leased Lines Directive” means Council Directive 92/44/EEC on the application of open network provision to leased lines(5) , as amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 97/51/EC for the purpose of adaptation to a competitive environment in telecommunications(6);

“the Leased Lines Direct...

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