Paragraph 7

the definitions of “the 1973 Act”, “the 1980 Act”, “commercial activities connected with telecommunications”, “the Commission”, “consumer”, “monopoly situation”, “practice”, “supply”, “the Director”, “directory information service”, “disabled person” and “the excepted liabilities” shall be omitted;

after the definition of “the 1981 Act” there shall be inserted the following definition:—

• ““the Act of Tynwald” means the Act of Tynwald cited as the Telecommunications Act 1984;”;”;

for the definitions of “public telecommunications operator”, “public telecommunication system”, “the successor company” and “the transfer date” there shall be substituted the following definitions:—

• ““public telecommunications operator” means a person authorised by a licence granted under section 5 of the Act of Tynwald to run a public telecommunication system;

• “public telecommunication system” means a telecommunication system designated by order under section 7(1) of the Act of Tynwald and the running of which is authorised by a licence to which section 6 of that Act applies;

• “the successor company” means the company nominated for the purposes of section 60 of this Act as it has effect in the United Kingdom;”;”;

in the definition of “telecommunication apparatus”, the words “(except where the extended definition in Schedule 2 to this Act applies)” shall be omitted;

for the definition of “telecommunications operator” there shall be substituted the following definition:—

• ““telecommunications operator” means a person who is authorised by a licence granted under section 5 of the Act of Tynwald to run a telecommunication system”;”;

after the definition of “telecommunication system” there shall be inserted the following definition:—

• ““the transfer date” (except in section 69(1) above) has the same meaning as in section 43(1) of the Act of Tynwald”.”.