Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 1949 Act” means the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949;

• “the 1984 Act” means the Telecommunications Act 1984;

• “authorised person” means any person authorised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of regulation 5;

• “BABT” means the British Approvals Board for Telecommunications^f1;

• “Common Technical Regulation (CTR)” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 3(3) of the Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Regulations 1992^f2;

• “EN45001 and EN45002” means European Standards (Normes Europeene) EN45001 and EN45002 published in September 1989 by the British Standards Institution;

• “ETSI” means the European Telecommunications Standards Institute^f3;

• “ISO guides 25 and 58” means the International Organization for Standardization Guides 25 and 58 published by the International Organization for Standardization in 1990 and 1993 respectively;

• “MPT 1324” means Department of Trade and Industry Performance Specification 1324 referred to in Part III of Schedule 2;

• “MPT 1326” means Department of Trade and Industry Performance Specification 1326 referred to in Part IV of Schedule 2;

• “NTR 13” means Designation No. 95/037 NTR 13 given under section 22(6) of the 1984 Act by the Secretary of State on 14th December 1995;

• “relevant network” means a telecommunication system consisting exclusively of stations established and used under and in accordance with a licence, which has been granted under section 1(1) of the 1949 Act by the Secretary of State and is of a type specified in Schedule 1; and

• “user station” means a mobile station for wireless telegraphy designed or adapted—

  1. (a)

     to be connected by wireless telegraphy to one or more relevant networks; and

  2. (b)

     to be used solely for the purpose of sending and receiving messages conveyed by a relevant network by means of wireless telegraphy.

In these Regulations, “connected”, “convey” and “telecommunication system” shall be construed in accordance with section 4 of the 1984 Act.