“the Universal Service Order” means the Electronic Communications (Universal Service) (Broadband) Order 20182;

“the Act” means the Communications Act 2003;

“OFCOM” means the Office of Communications;

“the universal service” means the provision in the United Kingdom of the connections and services set out in Schedule 1 of the Universal Service Order; and

“a universal service provider” means a person designated to provide the whole or part of the universal service (and to whom universal service conditions under section 67 of the Act are applicable).