The Telecommunications (Licence Modifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2000

Regulations amended

2.—(1) The Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (Standard Schedules) Regulations 1999(1) shall be amended as follows:

(a) in Schedule 1—

(i) in paragraph 1—

(aa) in the definition of “Customer Interface”, after the words “Network Termination Point” there shall be added the words “other than one”;

(bb) in the definition of “Interface Control”, for the words “telecommunications apparatus” wherever they appear there shall be substituted the words “telecommunication apparatus”;

(cc) in the definition of “Relevant Consulting Period”, for sub-paragraph (iii) there shall be substituted the following—

“(iii) in the case of either Interface Specification, such other period as the Director agrees,

and during this period the Director may consult with Interested Parties;”; and

(dd) in the definition of “Telecommunications Numbering and Addressing Body”, for the words “public telecommunication operators” there shall be substituted the words “public telecommunications operators”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 4 of condition 2, after the word “warning” there shall be added the words “of disconnection”;

(iii) in condition 3, for the heading there shall be substituted the following heading—

“REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE INTERNATIONAL CONVEYANCE SERVICES OR INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY SERVICES”;

(iv) in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 1 of condition 18, for “18.1” there shall be substituted “18.1(a)”;

(v) in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 2 of condition 46—

(aa) after the words “Standard Services” there shall be inserted “(the Standard List)”; and

(bb) in sub-sub-paragraph (i) “(the Standard List)” shall be deleted;

(vi) in paragraph 4 of condition 48, for the words “provided to or used by the Licensee or a member of the Licensee’s Group” there shall be substituted the words “provided to or used by the Licensee or that member of the Licensee’s Group”;

(vii) in paragraph 5 of condition 50, for the words “whether in its opinion” there shall be substituted the words “whether in his opinion”;

(viii) in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 15 of condition 55, for “Part E” there shall be substituted “Part G”; and

(ix) in paragraph 4 of condition 58, for the words “or the Licensee first provides the telecommunication service” there shall be substituted the words “or not less than 1 day before the Licensee first provides the telecommunication service”;

(b) in paragraph 4 of Schedule 3:

(i) the definition of “Essential Component” shall be deleted; and

(ii) for the definition of “Relevant Other Telecommunication Services” there shall be substituted the following definition—

• ““Relevant Other Telecommunication Services” means telecommunication services, whether supplied by the Licensee or any other party, but not including:

  (i)

  any of the services specified in section 72(2)(a) to (f) of the Broadcasting Act 1990 other than licensable programme services specified in section 46(1) of that Act which are conveyed for reception at different times in response to requests made by different users of the service;

  (ii)

  Digital Television Services; or

  (iii)

  Network Services;”; and

(c) in Part 2 of Schedule 4, in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 2 of condition 1 at the end there shall be added the word “or”.

(2) Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (British Telecommunications plc) Regulations 1999(2) shall be amended as follows—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for the definition of “Directory Information service” there shall be substituted the following definition—

• ““Directory Information Service” for the purposes of Conditions 2, 29 and 81 means Directory Information provided by means of a telephone system;”;

(ii) in the definition of “Accounting Documents”, for “methodology” there shall be substituted “Methodology”;

(iii) in the definition of “General Prices”, for sub-paragraph (i) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(i) (A) charges for the use and Ordinary Maintenance of a residential Exchange Line;

(B) charges for the connection or taking over of a residential Exchange Line;

(C) charges for the conveyance by means of such Exchange Lines of voice telephony Messages from a place within the Licensed Area to any other place (whether or not within the Licensed Area); and

(D) charges for the facility of transferring, with assistance from a human operator, charges for the conveyance of the voice telephony Messages referred to in sub-paragraph (i)(C) above,

other than:

(AA) charges payable by Operators;

(BB) charges for Private Leased Circuits or International Simple Resale Bearer Circuits;

(CC) charges for special, emergency or priority Fault Repair Services;

(DD) charges for the conveyance of voice telephony Messages in relation to any services provided by means of the Licensee’s Applicable Systems which formed part of its Supplemental Services Business;

(EE) charges for the conveyance of voice telephony Messages which are to be conveyed to customers of an Operator which is not a Fixed Link Operator;

(FF) charges for Specially Tariffed Voice Services;

(GG) charges for Directory Information Services;

(HH) charges, whether paid in cash or by credit card or debit card or token or otherwise, in respect of calls from Public Call Boxes, and calls from Private Call Boxes where the charge to the renter is based on charges for calls from Public Call Boxes published by the Licensee in accordance with Condition 7, and transferred charges in respect of calls from Call Boxes;

(II) charges for any Maritime Services;

and each discrete charge of any such description shall be treated as a separate General Price;”;

(iv) after the definition of “Network Cost” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““Network Parts” means the network parts specified in the list of network parts agreed between the Director and the Licensee on 17 December 1996 and as amended from time to time by the Licensee with the consent of the Director;”; and

(v) in sub-paragraph (i) of the definition of “Private Leased Circuit Prices”, for the words “broadcast sounds and vision services” there shall be substituted the words “broadcast sound and vision services”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (vi) of paragraph 7, for “or Condition 69.4(iv)” there shall be substituted “or Condition 69.4(ii)”; and

(c) in paragraph 12—

(i) in paragraph 4 of condition 69, at the end there shall be added the words “or period”;

(ii) in paragraph 5 of condition 72, in the definition of “Residential Average Net Retention” for “paragraph 71.2(c) above” there shall be substituted “paragraph 72.2(c) above”; and

(iii) in condition 78—

(aa) in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 2 and sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph 6, for “paragraph 78.16” there shall be substituted “paragraph 78.14”;

(bb) in sub-sub-paragraph (c)(iv) of paragraph 5, for the words “statements of long run incremental costs and charges for Standard Services and” there shall be substituted the words “a statement”;

(cc) in sub-paragraphs (a) and (e) of paragraph 8, for “paragraph 78.7” there shall be substituted “paragraphs 78.7 and 78.7A”; and

(dd) in paragraph 9, for “paragraphs 78.12 and 78.13” there shall be substituted “paragraphs 78.13 and 78.14”.

(3) The Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (Fixed Voice Telephony and International Facilities Operator Licences) Regulations 1999(3) shall be amended as follows—

(a) references to the Videotron City and Westminster licence shall be deleted wherever they appear;

(b) in Schedule 1—

(i) the entries relating to Eastern Group Telecoms Limited, Enitel Asa and Videotron City and Westminster Limited shall be deleted;

(ii) in the entry relating to Mercury Communications Limited for the date in column 2 there shall be substituted “05.11.1984”; and

(iii) for “Scottish Power Telecommunications Limited” there shall be substituted “ScottishPower Telecommunications Limited”;

(c) in Part A of Schedule 2—

(i) for “Tele 2 Communications Services Limited” there shall be substituted “Tele2 Communications Services Limited”; and

(ii) for “Tele 2 Sweden Limited” there shall be substituted “Tele2 Sweden Limited”;

(d) in Part B of Schedule 2—

(i) after the entry relating to EGN BV there shall be inserted the following entry—

“Enitel ASA

25.06.1999”; and

(ii) for “Iaxis Limited” there shall be substituted “iaxis Limited”; and

(e) in Schedule 5, for “Scottish Power Telecommunications Ltd” there shall be substituted “ScottishPower Telecommunications Ltd”.

(1)

S.I. 1999/2450.

(2)

S.I. 1999/2453.

(3)

S.I. 1999/2451.