Article 2 Definitions
United Kingdom
For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions set out in Article 2 of Directive 2002/21/EC apply.
The following definitions also apply:
- (1)
‘provider of electronic communications to the public’ means an undertaking providing public communications networks or publicly available electronic communications services;
- (2)
‘internet access service’ means a publicly available electronic communications service that provides access to the internet, and thereby connectivity to virtually all end points of the internet, irrespective of the network technology and terminal equipment usedF1;
- (3)
F2‘OFCOM’ means the Office of Communications as established by the Office of Communications Act 2002.
- (3)
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- (4)
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Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
- F2
Words in Art. 2 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Open Internet Access (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1243), regs. 1, 3(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F3
Words in Art. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electronic Communications (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/919), regs. 1(2), 5(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)