Telecommunications Act 1984
97
c. 12
PART VII
106.--(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requiresGeneral
" the 1973 Act " means the Fair Trading Act 1973 ;
interpretation.
" the 1980 Act " means the Competition Act 1980;
1983 c. 21.
" the 1981 Act " means the British Telecommunications 1980 c. 21.
Act 1981 ;
" the appointed day " has the meaning given by section 2
above ;
" commercial activities connected with telecommunications "
has the meaning given by section 4(3) above ;
"the Commission " means the Monopolies and Mergers
Commission ;
consumer ", " monopoly situation ", " practice " and
" supply " have the meanings given by section 137 of
the 1973 Act ;
" the Director " means the Director General of Telecommunications ;
" directory information service " has the meaning given by
section 4(3) above ;
" disabled person " means any person who is blind, deaf
or dumb or who is substantially and permanently
handicapped by illness, injury, congenital deformity or
any other disability and " disabled " shall be construed
accordingly ;
" the excepted liabilities " has the meaning given by section
60(2) above ;
" modifications " includes additions, alterations and
omissions and cognate expressions shall be construed
accordingly ;
" public telecommunications operator " has the meaning
given by section 9(3) above ;
" public telecommunication system " has the meaning
given by section 9(1) above ;
the successor company " and " the transfer date " have the
meanings given by section 60(1) above ;
" telecommunication apparatus " (except where the extended definition in Schedule 2 to this Act applies)
has the meaning given by section 4(3) above ;
" telecommunication service " has the meaning given by section 4(3) above ;
telecommunications operator " has the meaning given by
section 16(1) above ;
" telecommunication system " has the meaning given by
subsection (1) of section 4 above (read with subsection
(2) of that section) ;
" transitional period " has the meaning given by section
69(1) above.
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