{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-communications-market-analysis-regulations-2003/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-communications-market-analysis-regulations-2003/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/330",
  "legislation_title": "The Electronic Communications (Market Analysis) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-communications-market-analysis-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Access Directive” means Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7th March 2002 on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and associated facilities;\n“associated facilities” has the meaning given by Article 2(e) of the Framework Directive;\n“the Director” means the Director General of Telecommunications appointed under section 1 of the Telecommunications Act 1984;\n“electronic communications network” has the meaning given by Article 2(a) of the Framework Directive;\n“electronic communications service” has the meaning given by Article 2(c) of the Framework Directive;\n“the Framework Directive” means Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7th March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services;\n“significant market power” has the meaning given by regulation 5(3) to (7); and\n“the Universal Service Directive” means Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7th March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L 108, 24.4.02, p. 7."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1984 c. 12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No. L 108, 24.4.02, p. 33."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ No. L 108, 24.4.02, p. 51."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/330/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:32:08.455889+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}