{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-licence-modification-fixed-voice-telephony-and-international-facilities-operator-licences-regulations-1999/regulation-3",
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  "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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Modification of the relevant licences",
  "text": "The relevant licences are hereby modified as follows:—\n(a) for the Table of Contents there shall be substituted the Table of Contents set out in Schedule 3 hereto;\n(b) in paragraph 1,\n(i) for the words “telecommunication systems of every description\" there shall be substituted the words “ telecommunication systems specified in Annex A ”;\n(ii) in the case of the Videotron City and Westminster licence, for the words “Annex A\" there shall be substituted the words “ Annex B ”;\n(c) for the words “shall be of six months’ duration\" to the end\n(i) in the case of the relevant international facility operator licences specified in Part A of Schedule 2 hereto, in paragraph 2 thereof, and\n(ii) in the case of the relevant international facility operator licences specified in Part B of that Schedule and in the case of the Kingston Communications (Hull) PLC licence, in paragraph 3 thereof,\nthere shall be substituted the words “ shall be of twenty five years’ duration in the first instance but, without prejudice to Schedule 2 to this Licence, shall be subject to revocation thereafter on ten years’ notice in writing of such revocation and such notice shall accordingly not be given before the end of the fifteenth year after the granting of this Licence. ”;\n(d) in the case of the Kingston Communications (Hull) PLC licence, in paragraph 5 for the words “Annex A\" there shall be substituted the words “ Annex B ”;\n(e) in the case of the relevant international facility operator licences specified in Part A of Schedule 2 hereto, for paragraph 6 there shall be substituted the following paragraph—\n“\n6 Where this Licence provides for any power of the Secretary of State or the Director to give any direction, notice or consent or make any specification, or of the Director to make any designation or determination, it implies, unless a contrary intention appears, a power, exercisable in the same manner and subject to the same conditions or limitations, to revoke, amend or give or make again any such direction, notice, consent, specification, designation or determination; and any reference however expressed to the Director making any determination or giving any direction or consent about any matter shall be construed as making such determination or giving such direction or consent after consultation with the Licensee and where appropriate with any other person who may have a relevant interest in the matter to which the determination, direction or consent relates.;”\n(f) in the case of the relevant fixed voice telephony licences, other than the Mercury Communications licence, and the relevant international facilities operator licences specified in Part B of Schedule 2 hereto, for paragraph 7 there shall be substituted as paragraph 7 the paragraph set out in sub-paragraph (e) above;\n(g) in case of the Mercury Communications licence, after paragraph 3 there shall be added the following paragraphs—\n“Interpretation\n4 The Interpretation Act 1978 shall apply for the purpose of interpreting this Licence as if it were an Act of Parliament. In this Licence, except as hereinafter provided or unless the context otherwise requires, words or expressions shall have the meaning assigned to them and otherwise any word or expression shall have the meaning it has in the Act. For the purposes of interpreting this Licence, headings and titles shall be disregarded.\n5 In this Licence, “Licence\" means a licence granted or having effect as if granted under section 7 of the Act.\n6 For the purposes of this Licence the “Applicable Systems\" means any or all of the telecommunication systems run by the Licensee under this Licence, unless the context otherwise requires.\n7 Where this Licence provides for any power of the Secretary of State or the Director to give any direction, notice or consent or make any specification, or of the Director to make any designation or determination, it implies, unless a contrary intention appears, a power, exercisable in the same manner and subject to the same conditions or limitations, to revoke, amend or give or make again any such direction, notice, consent, specification, designation or determination; and any reference however expressed to the Director making any determination or giving any direction or consent about any matter shall be construed as making such determination or giving such direction or consent after consultation with the Licensee and where appropriate with any other person who may have a relevant interest in the matter to which the determination, direction or consent relates.\n8 Any notification which is required to be given under this Licence by the Secretary of State or the Director shall be satisfied by serving the document by post on the Licensee at the Licensee’s registered office.;”\n(h) for Schedule 1 there shall be substituted Schedule 1 of the standard Schedules,\n(i) for Schedule 2 there shall be substituted Schedule 2 of the standard Schedules;\n(j) for Schedule 3 there shall be substituted Schedule 3 of the standard Schedules;\n(k) in the case of the relevant fixed voice telephony licences and the relevant international facilities operator licences specified in Part B of Schedule 2 hereto, for Schedule 4 there shall be substituted Schedule 4 of the standard Schedules;\n(l) in the case of\n(aa) the relevant international facilities operator licences specified in Part A of Schedule 2 hereto, after Schedule 3 thereof; and\n(bb) the relevant fixed voice telephony licences, other than the Kingston Communications (Hull) PLC licence, the Mercury Communications licence and the Videotron City and Westminster licence, and the relevant international facilities operator licences specified in Part B of Schedule 2 hereto, after Schedule 4 thereof,\nthere shall be added Annex A as set out in Schedule 4 hereto;\n(m) in the case of the Mercury Communications licence for Annex A there shall be substituted Annex A as set out in Schedule 4 hereto; and\n(n) in the case of the Kingston Communications (Hull) PLC licence and the Videotron City and Westminster licence Annex A shall be re-numbered Annex B and there shall be inserted Annex A as set out in Schedule 4 hereto.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2451/regulation/3",
    "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."
}