{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-licence-modification-fixed-voice-telephony-and-international-facilities-operator-licences-regulations-1999/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-licence-modification-fixed-voice-telephony-and-international-facilities-operator-licences-regulations-1999/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2451",
  "legislation_title": "The Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (Fixed Voice Telephony and International Facilities Operator Licences) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-licence-modification-fixed-voice-telephony-and-international-facilities-operator-licences-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“the former licences\" means the relevant licences in the form they were in immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations;\n“the Kingston Communications (Hull) PLC licence\" means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to Kingston Communications (Hull) PLC on 24 March 1999;\n“the Mercury Communications licence\" means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to Mercury Communications Limited on 5 November 1984;\n“the modified licences\" means the relevant licences as amended by these Regulations;\n“the relevant licences\" means the relevant fixed voice telephony licences and the relevant international facilities operator licences;\n“the relevant fixed voice telephony licences\" means the licences granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to the persons specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 hereto on the date specified against each person in column 2 thereof;\n“the relevant international facilities operator licences\" means the licences granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to the persons specified in column 1 of Parts A and B of Schedule 2 hereto on the date specified against each person in column 2 thereof;\n“the revoked licences\" means the licences granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to the persons specified in column 1 of Schedule 5 hereto on the date specified against each person in column 2 thereof;\n“the standard Schedules\" means the Schedules to the Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (Standard Schedules) Regulations 1999 ; and\n“the Videotron City and Westminster licence\" means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to Videotron City and Westminster Limited on 3 March 1994.",
  "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": "S.I. 1999/2450."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2451/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:29.552008+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."
}