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Article 2 Interpretation

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(1)

In this Order–

  • “the Act” means the Telecommunications Act 1984;

  • “apparatus” means wireless telegraphy apparatus or apparatus designed or adapted for use in connection with wireless telegraphy apparatus;

  • “fixed service” means a radiocommunication service between one fixed point and one or more other fixed points other than a service consisting in the making of a broadcast of sounds or visual images intended for general reception;

  • “Inner London” means the City of London, the Inner Temple, the Middle Temple and the Inner London boroughs;

  • “relevant apparatus” has the meaning given by article 5(1);

  • “test” includes the analysis of test results and the compiling of a test report;

  • “test officer” means a person engaged in testing on behalf of the Secretary of State; and

  • “travelling time” means time reasonably spent in travel wholly undertaken for the purposes of a test wholly or partly conducted at a place other than the test officer’s workplace.

(2)

For the purposes of this Order, “visit” means a continuous period of time during which a test officer is reasonably absent from either his usual place of residence or his workplace for the purposes of conducting a test, including time spent in conducting the test, travelling time, any period in which overnight accommodation (including a berth in a boat or train) is reasonably occupied (an “overnight stay”) and any other rest periods reasonably taken whilst so absent.

(3)

In calculating a test officer’s subsistence costs, a visit shall be divided into periods of time in the following order:–

(a)

each complete period of 24 hours (a “24 hour period”);

(b)

any–

(i)

single period of less than 24 hours; or

(ii)

period of less than 24 hours remaining after any 24 hour periods have been taken into account,

which includes an overnight stay (an “overnight period”);

(c)

where–

(i)

the visit does not involve an overnight stay; or

(ii)

the visit involves one or more 24 hour periods, but no overnight period is counted,

any period of–

(aa)

10 hours or more but less than 24 hours (a “day period”); or

(bb)

5 hours or more but less than 10 hours (a “half day period”); and

(d)

any remaining period of less than 5 hours, which shall be disregarded.