{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-licence-modification-british-telecommunications-plc-regulations-1999/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-licence-modification-british-telecommunications-plc-regulations-1999/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2453",
  "legislation_title": "The Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (British Telecommunications plc) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-licence-modification-british-telecommunications-plc-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 1984 Act\" means the Telecommunications Act 1984 ;\n“BT\" means British Telecommunications plc;\n“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 ;\n“the former licence\" means the BT licence in the form it was in immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations;\n“the modified licence\" means the BT licence as amended by these Regulations; and\n“the standard Schedules\" means the Schedules to the Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (Standard Schedules) Regulations 1999 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1984 c.12 as amended by the Telecommunications (Licensing ) Regulations 1997 (S.I.1997/2930). There are other amendments to 1984 c.12 which are not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "The transfer date appointed under section 60 of 1984 c.12 was 6th August 1984 ( S.I. 1984/876, article 5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/2450."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2453/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:27.615551+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."
}