Article 2 General interpretation

In this Order—

• “the 2005 Act” means the Gambling Act 2005^f1;

• “the Act” means the Communications Act 2003;

• “call” means a connection established by means of a public electronic communications service allowing speech communication between two or more persons in real time;

• “charity” means—

  1. (a)

     as respects England and Wales, a body falling within the definition of a charity for the purposes of the Charities Act 2011^f2,

  2. (b)

     as respects Northern Ireland, a body falling within the definition of a charity for the purposes of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008^f3, or

  3. (c)

     as respects Scotland, a body entered into the Scottish Charity Register for the purposes of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005^f4;

• “Code 15” means the code made by the PSA known as the “Code of Practice 2021 (Fifteenth edition) – Code for Premium rate services”;

• “electronic communication” means a communication for transmission by means of an electronic communications network;

• “mobile phone service” means a public electronic communications service which is provided for the purpose of communicating with others, or accessing data, by mobile phone;

• “PSA” means the Phone-paid Services Authority, a company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales under company number 2398515;

• “SMS message” means a Short Message Service text message composed principally of letters or numbers that may be sent between telephone numbers allocated in accordance with a national or international numbering plan;

• “VAT” means value added tax;

• “working day” means any day other than—

  1. (a)

     Saturday or Sunday, or

  2. (b)

     a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971^f5 in any part of the United Kingdom.