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Condition 15
15.1 The Licensee shall, in relation to all commonly provided Customer Interfaces and Network Interconnection Interfaces relating to any service described in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) of the definition of Network Service, in use by the Licensee at the time this Condition comes into force, notify such Interfaces to the Director and publish Interface Specifications relating to such Interfaces within 90 days of this Condition coming into force, in accordance with paragraph 15.6 below.
15.2 Where the Director has determined that the Licensee has Interface Control in relation to any new commonly provided Interface Specification relating to any service described in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) of the definition of Network Service, which the Licensee intends to use and which is not published under paragraph 15.1:
(a)the Licensee shall notify such Interface Specification to the Director at the commencement of the Relevant Consulting Period;
(b)the Licensee shall, if so directed by the Director, consult with Interested Parties during the Relevant Consulting Period;
(c)the Licensee may, during and after the Relevant Consulting Period, modify any such Interface Specification in line with representations made and any advice offered by the Director to the Licensee relating to such representations;
(d)the Licensee shall, after the end of the Relevant Consulting Period, publish the Interface in accordance with paragraph 15.6 below; and
(e)the Licensee shall not make any modifications to the Applicable Systems conforming to the new Interface Specification until a sufficient period has elapsed after publication of the Interface Specification to enable any Relevant Party to have a reasonable period in which to make any appropriate modifications to apparatus connected to the Applicable Systems. Such period shall be not less than 15 months, except where the Director has consented to a shorter period following the written application of the Licensee.
15.3 Where the Licensee does not have Interface Control in relation to any new commonly provided Interface Specification relating to any service described in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) of the definition of Network Service, which the Licensee intends to use, and which is not published under paragraph 15.1 above:U.K.
(a)the Licensee shall notify such Interface Specification to the Director;
(b)the Licensee shall publish the Interface Specification in accordance with paragraph 15.6 below; and
(c)the Licensee shall not make any modifications to the Applicable Systems conforming to the new Interface Specification until a sufficient period has elapsed after publication of the Interface Specification to enable any Relevant Party to have a reasonable period in which to make any appropriate modifications to apparatus connected to the Applicable Systems. Such period shall be not less than 15 months, except where the Director has consented to a shorter period following the written application of the Licensee.
15.4 Where any Interface Specification to which paragraph 15.1, 15.2 or 15.3 apply is modified by the Licensee:
(a)the Licensee shall notify such modification to the Director and publish such modification in accordance with paragraph 15.6 below;
(b)the Licensee shall not make any modifications to the Applicable Systems conforming to the new Interface Specification until a sufficient period has elapsed after publication of the Interface Specification to enable any Relevant Party to have a reasonable period in which to make any appropriate modifications to apparatus connected to the Applicable Systems. Such period shall be not less than 3 months, except where the Director has consented to a shorter period following the written application of the Licensee; and
(c)the modification shall include any change in the description of any Interface which may affect the maintenance of effective interoperability of services by means of the Interface described in the relevant Interface Specification.
15.5 Where any interface described in any Interface Specification to which paragraph 15.1, 15.2 or 15.3 apply is withdrawn by the Licensee:
(a)the Licensee shall notify such withdrawal to the Director and publish such withdrawal in accordance with paragraph 15.6 below; and
(b)the Licensee shall not make any modifications to the Applicable Systems conforming to the new Interface Specification until a sufficient period has elapsed after publication of the Interface Specification to enable any Relevant Party to have a reasonable period in which to make any appropriate modifications to apparatus connected to the Applicable Systems. Such period shall not be less than 15 months, except where the Director has consented to a shorter period following the written application of the Licensee.
15.6 The requirements as to publication are that:
(a)the description of the Technical Characteristics must be such as to assist in securing the effective interoperability of telecommunication systems and apparatus, and in particular, (although without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) the correct operation of Terminal Equipment;
(b)the Licensee shall ensure that each Interface Specification is published in a manner appropriate for bringing the matters to which the Interface Specification relates to the attention of:
(i)the Secretary of State, the British Standards Institution, all persons to whom functions have been delegated pursuant to section 25 of the Act, all Operators with whom the Licensee is obliged to negotiate Interconnection under Condition 9, or offer to enter into Interconnection agreements with, as the case may be, under Part C of this Licence, appropriate representatives of suppliers and manufacturers of telecommunication apparatus and systems, and appropriate representatives of users or consumer interests;
(ii)any person whom the Director considers likely to be affected by or to have an interest in such matters and whom the Director has determined for the purpose of this sub-paragraph; and
(iii)any other person likely to be affected by or to have an interest in such matters; and
(c)where the Director considers it necessary to enable Interested Parties to obtain easy access to the information contained in Interface Specifications, he may direct the Licensee to send copies of any Interface Specification, or any class of Interface Specification, to any person specified by him for the purposes of this sub-paragraph.
15.7 If, following any representation made to him, the Director concludes that any Interface Specification contains insufficient information for its purpose he may direct the Licensee to:
(a)amend the Interface Specification in order to remedy the defect; and
(b)publish the amended Interface Specification in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 15.6 and in relation to any period specified by the Director which takes into account the need to ensure a sufficient period has elapsed after publication of the amended Interface Specification to enable any Relevant Party to have a reasonable period in which to make any appropriate modifications to apparatus connected to the Applicable Systems.
15.8 To the extent that the Licensee is running a Fixed Public Telephone System by means of which it provides Fixed Publicly Available Telephone Services the Licensee shall inform the Director in writing, without undue delay, of any particular network characteristics which are found to affect the correct operation of Approved Apparatus. Such information shall be made available to Terminal Equipment suppliers at their request by the Director pursuant to regulation 17(4)(c) of the Revised Voice Telephony Regulations.U.K.
15.9 Nothing in this Condition shall require the Licensee to publish or send to the Director information which it has already published or sent to the Director.U.K.
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