Regulation 7 Functions of the Director and the Secretary of State
The Director shall—
from time to time publish in an appropriate manner so as to provide easy access thereto for users information on the licensing and declaration requirements for private circuits in accordance with the presentation given in paragraph D of Schedule 1 to these Regulations; and
in keeping the approvals register, in causing particulars to be entered in that register regarding the information in respect of the conditions for the attachment of terminal equipment to private circuits, enter that information in accordance with the presentation given in paragraph E of the said Schedule 1.
The Director shall from time to time by notice published in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes provide references to the publication of information in respect of private circuits—
by—
BT pursuant to paragraph 16.3B of the conditions of the BT licence;
Hull pursuant to paragraph 15.4A of the conditions of the Hull licence; and
Mercury pursuant to paragraph 15.3A of the conditions of the Mercury licence;
regarding the information in respect of offerings and technical characteristics, tariffs and supply and usage conditions; and
by himself—
regarding the information in respect of licensing and declaration requirements which he is required to publish pursuant to paragraph (1) of this regulation; and
in the approvals register, regarding the information in respect of the conditions for the attachment of terminal equipment.
The Director shall, in relation to any application for consent to the taking of any measure pursuant to paragraph 46A.3(b) of conditions of the BT licence, paragraph 48A.3(b) of the conditions of the Hull licence, or paragraph 1A.2(b) of the conditions of the Mercury licence adopt a procedure providing for a transparent decision-making process in which due respect is given to the rights of the parties, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Director shall—
give both parties the opportunity to state their case; and
notify to the parties in writing the decision and the reasons therefor within oneweek of its adoption.
The Director shall encourage the establishment, in accordance with the procedural and substantive rules of competition in the EEC Treaty and in consultation with BT, Hull and Mercury and with users, of—
a common ordering procedure for private circuits throughout the Community;
a one-stop-ordering procedure for private circuits, to be applied where requested by the user; and
a one-stop-billing procedure for private circuits, to be applied where requested by the user, which envisages that all price elements resulting from the national private circuits and the respective parts of international private circuits provided by the telecommunications organizations involved are identified separately in the bill for the user.
The Director shall—
where he approves a cost accounting system pursuant to paragraph 46A.5 of the conditions of the BT licence or paragraph 48A.5 of the conditions of the Hull licence, inform the Secretary of State, who shall thereupon inform the Commission before the system is applied;
keep available, with an adequate level of detail, information on the cost accounting systems applied by BT and Hull pursuant to the said conditions, and, upon receipt by the Secretary of State of a request from the Commission for this information, he shall submit it to the Secretary of State, who shall there upon submit it to the Commission.
The Director shall—
at least for each calendar year, make available to the Secretary of State statistical reports showing the performance in relation to the supply conditions, in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) with respect to delivery time and repair time, published by BT in accordance with paragraph 16.3B of the conditions of the BT licence, by Hull in accordance with paragraph 15.4A of the conditions of the Hull licence and by Mercury in accordance with paragraph 15.3A of the conditions of the Mercury licence, and the Secretary of State shall send such reports to the Commission no later than five months after the end of the relevant calendar year; and
keep available the data on cases where the access to or use of leased lines has been restricted, in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) because of alleged infringements of special or exclusive rights or the prohibition of simple resale of capacity, as well as details of the measures taken, including the reasons therefor, and upon receipt by the Secretary of State of a request from the Commission for this data, he shall submit it to the Secretary of State, who shall thereupon submit it to the Commission.