The Telecommunications (Voice Telephony) Regulations 1997

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The Telecommunications (Voice Telephony) Regulations 1997

Statutory Instruments

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Made

30 th July 1997

Laid before Parliament

31 st July 1997

Coming into force

22 nd August 1997

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated(1) in pursuance of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to 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 (Voice Telephony) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 22 nd August 1997.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

(a)“the Voice Telephony Directive” means Directive 95/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of open network provision (ONP) to voice telephony(3); and

(b)“the ONP Framework Directive” means Council Directive 90/387/EEC on the establishment of the internal market for telecommunications services through the implementation of open network provision(4);

and words and expressions used in these Regulations shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning as in the Voice Telephony Directive and the ONP Framework Directive.

(2) For the purposes of these Regulations—

(a) a “relevant Licence” is a licence granted under section 7 of the Act to run certain telecommunication systems being a licence listed below—

(i) the licence entitled “Licence granted by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to British Telecommunications under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984” granted on 22 nd June 1984(5) (hereinafter referred to as “the BT Licence”); and

(ii) the licences entitled “Licences granted by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to Kingston upon Hull City Council and Kingston Communications (Hull) PLC under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984” granted on 30 th November 1987(6) (hereinafter referred to as “the Kingston Licences”);

and a reference in these Regulations to a relevant...

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