Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 1984 Act" means the Telecommunications Act 1984 M1;

• “BT" means British Telecommunications plc;

• “the BT licence" means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to British Telecommunications on 22nd June 1984 to run the telecommunication systems referred to in Annex A thereof, in relation to which BT became the licensee as the nominated successor company on the transfer date M2;

• “the former licence" means the BT licence in the form it was in immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations;

• “the modified licence" means the BT licence as amended by these Regulations; and

• “the standard Schedules" means the Schedules to the Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (Standard Schedules) Regulations 1999 M3.