# The Telecommunications (Voice Telephony) Regulations 1997, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations—
(a) “the Voice Telephony Directive” means Directive 95/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of open network provision (ONP) to voice telephony; and
(b) “the ONP Framework Directive” means Council Directive 90/387/EEC on the establishment of the internal market for telecommunications services through the implementation of open network provision;
and words and expressions used in these Regulations shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning as in the Voice Telephony Directive and the ONP Framework Directive.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations—
(a) a “relevant Licence” is a licence granted under section 7 of the Act to run certain telecommunication systems being a licence listed below—
(i) the licence entitled “Licence granted by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to British Telecommunications under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984” granted on 22nd June 1984 (hereinafter referred to as “the BT Licence”); and
(ii) the licences entitled “Licences granted by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to Kingston upon Hull City Council and Kingston Communications (Hull) PLC under section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984” granted on 30th November 1987 (hereinafter referred to as “the Kingston Licences”);
and a reference in these Regulations to a relevant Licence is a reference to that Licence as modified from time to time in accordance with sections 12 and 15 or as mentioned in section 95 of the Act and by regulations made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972; and
(b) the “relevant Licensee” means—
(i) in relation to the BT Licence, British Telecommunications plc; and
(ii) in relation to the Kingston Licences, Kingston upon Hull City Council and Kingston Communications (Hull) PLC.
(3) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Telecommunications Act 1984;
“the Commission” means the Commission of the European Communities;
“the Community” means the European Community;
“fixed public telephone network” means the public switched telecommunications network which is used, among other things, for the provision of voice telephony service between network termination points at fixed locations;
“list of headings” has the meaning given by regulation 4 of these Regulations;
“public pay-telephone” means a telephone available to the general public, for the use of which the means of payment are one or more of the following—
(a) coins;
(b) credit/debit cards; or
(c) pre-payment cards;
“target indicators” has the meaning given by regulation 5(1) of these Regulations;
“voice telephony service” means the commercial provision for the public of direct transport of real-time speech via the public switched telephone network or networks such that any user can use equipment connected to a network termination point to communicate with another user of equipment connected to another network termination point;
“Voice Telephony Conditions” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 3(1) below; and
“VTD technical standards” has the meaning given by regulation 8 below.
(4) Save as provided in paragraph (1) above, words and expressions in these Regulations shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning as in the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1886/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-voice-telephony-regulations-1997/regulation-2
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