{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-leased-lines-regulations-1993/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-leased-lines-regulations-1993/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2330",
  "legislation_title": "The Telecommunications (Leased Lines) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-leased-lines-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Modification of the Mercury licence",
  "text": "The conditions of the Mercury licence are hereby modified as follows—\n(a) in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 (definitions, interpretations and transitional provisions relating to the conditions in Schedule 1)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (w) (definition of Private Circuit) there shall be added at the end the following tailpiece—\n“and a “Relevant Private Circuit” means a Private Circuit, not being a Private Circuit provided by the Licensee for another public telecommunications operator, where—\n(i) at least one Network Termination Point of which is located within the United Kingdom and all the network termination points of that circuit, and of any half circuit to which it is connected, are located within the European Economic Community; and\n(ii) the agreement between the Licensee and the user to provide the Private Circuit does not provide for messages to be conveyed thereby to be routed via a satellite link (notwithstanding that they may be so conveyed);”; and\n(ii) between sub-paragraph (ee) (definition of the United Kingdom) and the word “and”, there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—\n“(eeA) “users” means end users and service providers, including telecommunications organizations where the latter are engaged in providing services which are or may be provided also by others;”;\n(b) after condition 1 there shall be inserted the following condition—\n“ Condition 1A\nRelevant Private Circuits\n1A.1 The Licensee shall not terminate an existing offering of a Relevant Private Circuit unless—\n(a) the offering has continued for a reasonable period of time; and\n(b) the Licensee has consulted with the users affected.\nWithout prejudice to any other remedy or right of appeal which the user may have in law or pursuant to contract or these conditions, where the user does not agree with the termination date as envisaged by the Licensee, he may bring the case before the Director.\n1A.2 The Licensee shall not take for reasons of the alleged failure of the user of a Relevant Private Circuit to comply with the usage conditions any measure (including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the refusal to provide a Relevant Private Circuit, the interruption of the provision of Relevant Private Circuits or the reduction of the availability of Relevant Private Circuit features) unless—\n(a) the measure is a specified measure authorized by the Director in the case of a defined infringement of usage conditions; or\n(b) the Licensee has been notified pursuant to regulation 7(3) of the Telecommunications (Leased Lines) Regulations 1993 that the Director consents to the taking of the measure.”;\n(c) in condition 15—\n(i) in the headpiece of paragraph 15.1 at the beginning there shall be inserted “In relation to services other than the provision of Relevant Private Circuits,”;\n(ii) in the headpiece of paragraph 15.3 after “notice” there shall be inserted “referred to in paragraph 15.1(a)”; and\n(iii) after paragraph 15.3 there shall be inserted the following—\n“15.3A The Licensee shall publish by notice in accordance with the presentation given in paragraphs A to C of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications (Leased Lines) Regulations 1993 information on offerings on technical characteristics, tariffs and supply and usage conditions in respect of Relevant Private Circuits.The information shall be published in the manner provided for in paragraph 15.3. Where the information concerns new types of Relevant Private Circuit offerings, it shall be published as soon as possible, and no later than two months before the implementation of the offering.Changes in existing offerings shall be published as soon as possible and, unless the Director agrees otherwise, no later than two months before the implementation. The supply conditions published pursuant to this paragraph shall include at least the elements defined in paragraph C of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications (Leased Lines) Regulations 1993.”; and\n(d) in condition 50—\n(i) at the beginning of paragraph 50.3, there shall be inserted “Subject to paragraph 50.3A,”;\n(ii) after paragraph 50.3, there shall be inserted the following—\n“50.3A In relation to Relevant Private Circuits, the Licensee shall not be held to have failed to comply with these Conditions if the Licensee takes the following measures in order to safeguard the security of network operations during the period when an emergency situation prevails—\n(a) the interruption of the service;\n(b) the limitation of service features; or\n(c) the denial of access to the service, provided that the following conditions are satisfied—\n(i) the Licensee makes every reasonable endeavour to ensure that service is maintained to all users; and\n(ii) the Licensee takes as soon as reasonably possible all reasonable steps to notify the users and the Director of the beginning and the end of the emergency as well as the nature and extent of temporary service restrictions;\nand in this paragraph, an emergency situation means an exceptional case of force majeure which, without prejudice to the generality thereof, includes extreme weather, flood, lightning or fire, industrial action or lockouts, war, military operations, or civil disorder.”;\n(iii) after paragraph 50.4A, there shall be inserted the following—\n“50.4B Nothing in these conditions shall prevent the Licensee, where it considers it unreasonable to provide a Relevant Private Circuit in response to a particular request under its tariffs and supply conditions published pursuant to paragraph 15.3A, from varying those conditions in that case with the consent of the Director.”; and\n(iv) in the headpiece of paragraph 50.12 before “12” there shall be inserted “1A.2”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/2251",
      "affecting_title": "The Telecommunications (Leased Lines) (Amendment) Regulations 1994"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2330/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:50:25.499736+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."
}