SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2 Restrictions on the Holding of Licences
Part V Restriction on Holding of Licences by Operators of Public Telecommunication Systems
The Secretary of State may by order specify categories of licences granted by the Commission or the Authority which may not be held by all or any of the following, namely—
a
a national public telecommunications operator or a national public telecommunications operator of any description specified in the order;
b
a person who controls such an operator;
c
an associate of such an operator or of a person falling within sub-paragraph (b);
d
a body which is controlled by such an operator or by an associate of such an operator.
In this paragraph “national public telecommunications operator” means a public telecommunications operator (within the meaning of the M1Telecommunications Act 1984) who is authorised to run a telecommunication system for the whole, or substantially the whole, of the United Kingdom.