# The Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988, Paragraph A.3: Interpretation


For the purposes of this class—
“1984 Act” means the Telecommunications Act 1984;
“land controlled by an operator” means land occupied by the operator in right of a freehold interest or a leasehold interest under a lease granted for a term of not less than 10 years;
“development in accordance with a licence” means development carried out by an operator in pursuance of a right conferred on that operator under the telecommunications code, and in accordance with any conditions relating to the application of that code imposed by the terms of his licence;
“relevant period” means a period which expires either six months from the commencement of the use permitted by this paragraph or when the need for that use ceases, whichever occurs first;
“telecommunications apparatus” means any apparatus falling within the definition of that term in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 1984 Act;
“the telecommunications code” means the code contained in Schedule 2 to the 1984 Act;
“telecommunications code system operator” means a person who has been granted a licence under section 7 of the 1984 Act which applies the telecommunications code to him in pursuance of section 10 of that Act;
“telecommunication system” has the meaning assigned to that term by section 4(1) of the 1984 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1813/schedule/2/part/24/chapter/1/paragraph/A.3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-order-1988/schedule-2/part-24/chapter-1/paragraph-A.3
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