Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations set out the standard schedules to be included in licences granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 for the running of public telecommunication systems. Schedule 1 contains the standard conditions included in such licences relating to the running of telecommunication systems and the provision of telecommunication services, Schedule 2 contains the provisions relating to the revocation of licences, Schedule 3 contains the provisions relating to the connection authorisation and service authorisation in such licences and Schedule 4 sets out the conditions and exceptions relating to the application of the telecommunications code where that applies to such licences. The standard schedules form part of the amendments that are being made to these licences as part of the implementation in the United Kingdom of Directive 97/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on a common framework for general authorisations and individual licences in the field of telecommunications (OJ No. L199, 26.7.97, p.32), which requires that conditions in all telecommunications licences of a similar type should be harmonised, except where objectively justified in particular instances.
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