The Telecommunications (Leased Lines) (Amendment) Regulations 1994
S.I. 1994/2251 · Made 31 August 1994
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Made 31st August 1994
Laid before Parliament 7th September 1994
Coming into force 1st October 1994
The Secretary of State, being a Minister designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in respect of measures relating to access to public telecommunication systems, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by that section and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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S.I. 1992/2870.
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Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Interpretation
- 3Extension of principal Regulations in respect of European Economic Area
- 4Amendment of the minimum set of private circuits
- Signature
- Schedule SUBSTITUTED SCHEDULE 2 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Telecommunications (Leased Lines) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 1st October 1994.
2Interpretation
In these Regulations—
‘the principal Regulations’ means the Telecommunications (Leased Lines) Regulations 1993f1; and
words or expressions used in these Regulations have, unless the context otherwise requires, the meaning which they bear in the principal Regulations.
3Extension of principal Regulations in respect of European Economic Area
This regulation shall have effect for the purposes of extending the principal Regulations in respect of their application in respect of private circuits the network termination points of which are both or all situated within the European Economic Areaf1.
The principal Regulations are hereby amended as follows—
in regulation 2—
the definition of “the Community” shall be deleted;
after the definition of “the Directive” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““the EEA” means the European Economic Area, and an “EEA State” means a State which is a Contracting Party to the EEA Agreement, but
- (a)
until the EEA Agreement comes into force in relation to Liechtenstein—
- (i)
the EEA shall not include Liechtenstein; and
- (ii)
Liechtenstein shall not be taken to be an EEA State; and
- (b)
for the purposes of the definition of “EEA State”, the Åland Islands (being not part of the EEA) shall not be taken to be part of Finland,
and in this definition, “the EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;”; and
throughout the Regulations—
for a reference to “the Community” (including such a reference in the term “intra-Community”) there shall on each occasion that it occurs be substituted a reference to the EEA; and
for a reference to “member State” (save in the reference to Council Directive 91/263/EECf2 in paragraph E of Schedule 1) there shall on each occasion that it occurs be substituted a reference to “EEA State”.
In the modifications to the BT licence, the Hull licence and the Mercury licence made by regulations 4, 5 and 6 respectively of the principal Regulations, for a reference to the “European Economic Community” there shall on each occasion that it occurs be substituted a reference to the “European Economic Area”, and the modifications made by this paragraph shall have effect as if they were made under section 12 of the 1984 Act by the Director.
4Amendment of the minimum set of private circuits
For Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations, there shall be substitutedf1 the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Signature
Ian Taylor
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Technology,
Department of Trade and Industry
31st August 1994
SUBSTITUTED SCHEDULE 2 TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS
“SCHEDULE 2
DEFINITION OF A MINIMUM SET OF PRIVATE CIRCUITS WITH HARMONIZED TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Regulation 3(1)(b)
The definition of the minimum set of private circuits to be provided by BT pursuant to paragraph 46A.1 of the conditions of the BT licence and by Hull pursuant to paragraph 48A.1 of the conditions of the Hull licence shall be as follows—
Technical Characteristicsf1 Private Circuit type Interface presentation specification Connection characteristics and performance specifications The ITU-T recommendations referenced refer to the 1988 version.
The attachment requirements for terminal equipment to be connnected to these private circuits are described in Common Technical Regulation 14 (CTR 14).
Until 31st December 1996 private circuits may be provided in accordance with ITU-T G.703 instead of ETS 300 288.
Until 31st December 1996 private circuits may be provided in accordance with relevant G.800 series recommendations instead of ETS 300 289.
The attachment requirements for terminal equipment to be connected to these private circuits are described in CTR 12.
Until 31st December 1996 private circuits may be provided in accordance with ITU-T G.703 instead of ETS 300 246.
Until 31st December 1996 private circuits may be provided in accordance with relevant ITU-T G.800 series recommendations instead of ETS 300 247.
Ordinary quality voice bandwidth 2 or 4 wire analogue ITU-T M.1040 Special quality voice bandwidth 2 or 4 wire analogue ITU-T M.1020/M.1025 64 kbit/s digitalf2 ETS 300 288f3 or X21 or X21(a) ETS 300 289f4 2 048 kbit/s digital unstructuredf5 ETS 300 246f6 ETS 300 247f7 For the types of private circuits listed above, the specifications referred to also define the network termination points (NTPs), in accordance with the definition given in Article 2 of Directive 90/387/EECf8.”.
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Telecommunications (Leased Lines) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 2330). Those Regulations implemented Council Directive 92/44/EEC (the Leased Lines Directive).
The amending Regulations—
extend S.I. 1993/2330 as it applied to intra-Community leased lines to lines wholly situated within the European Economic Area; and
implement Commission Decision 94/439/EEC, which substitutes a new Annex II to the Leased Lines Directive, prescribing the harmonized technical characteristics of the minimum set of leased lines.