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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-communications-universal-service-regulations-2003/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-communications-universal-service-regulations-2003/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/33",
  "legislation_title": "The Electronic Communications (Universal Service) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-communications-universal-service-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "—In these Regulations—\n“the Director” means the Director General of Telecommunications appointed under section 1 of the Telecommunications Act 1984;\n“the Framework Directive” means Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services;\n“the universal service” means the provision in the United Kingdom of the services and facilities set out in Articles 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9(2) of the Universal Service Directive;\n“the Universal Service Directive” means Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services; and\n“universal service provider” means person who is designated as a person who provides the whole or part of the universal service.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No. L 108, 24.4.02, p.33."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "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/2003/33/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:33:58.524488+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."
}