{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-licence-modification-mobile-data-operator-licences-regulations-2000/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-licence-modification-mobile-data-operator-licences-regulations-2000/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1714",
  "legislation_title": "The Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (Mobile Data Operator Licences) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-licence-modification-mobile-data-operator-licences-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 1984 Act\" means the Telecommunications Act 1984 ;\n“the Cognito licence\" means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to Cognito Limited on 12 October 1992;\n“the D.I.C.E. licence\" means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to D.I.C.E. Ltd on 4 June 1992;\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 Hutchison Mobile licence\" means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to Hutchison Mobile Data (UK) Limited on 18 February 1992;\n“the modified licences\" means the relevant licences as amended by these Regulations;\n“the Ram Mobile licence\" means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to Ram Mobile Data Limited on 18 February 1992;\n“the relevant licences\" means the Cognito licence, the D.I.C.E. licence, the Hutchison Mobile licence, the Ram Mobile licence and the Securicor licence; and\n“the Securicor licence\" means the licence granted by the Secretary of State under section 7 of the 1984 Act to Securicor Datatrak Limited on 14 August 1996.",
  "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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1714/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:46.620714+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."
}