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The Electronic Communications and Wireless Telegraphy (Amendment) (European Electronic Communications Code and EU Exit) Regulations 2020

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6.  In section 32 (meaning of electronic communications networks and services), for subsection (2) substitute—U.K.

(2) In this Act “electronic communications service” means a service of any of the types specified in subsection (2A) provided by means of an electronic communications network, except so far as it is a content service.

(2A) Those types of service are—

(a)an internet access service;

(b)a number-based interpersonal communications service; and

(c)any other service consisting in, or having as its principal feature, the conveyance of signals, such as a transmission service used for machine-to-machine services or for broadcasting.

(2B) In subsection (2A)(a) “internet access service” means a 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..

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I1Sch. 1 para. 6 in force at 21.12.2020, see reg. 1(2)

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