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The Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (Satellite Operator Licences) Regulations 2000

Type Statutory-Instrument

Publication 2000-06-28

Last updated 2003-07-25

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(b) comply with the requirements of any direction given to the Licensee under regulation 6(6) or 6(7) of the Interconnection Regulations in relation to any dispute over the terms of any agreement made under paragraph 20.2 above;

(c) where the Director specifies a condition based on essential requirements pursuant to regulation 7(1) of the Interconnection Regulations for inclusion in an Interconnection agreement to which the Licensee is a party, forthwith secure the incorporation of those terms and conditions in such an agreement;

(d) comply with any requirement made by the Director as a last resort under regulation 6(10) of the Interconnection Regulations to interconnect in order to protect essential public interests, and comply with any terms set by the Director for such purpose;

(e) comply with any decision by the Director under regulation 10(2) of the Interconnection Regulations; and

(f) comply with any facility or property sharing arrangements, or both, specified by the Director in accordance with regulation 10(3) of the Interconnection Regulations.

Condition 21

REQUIREMENT TO SEND INDIVIDUAL AGREEMENTS TO THE DIRECTOR AND TO PUBLISH THEM

21.1

On entering into an Interconnection agreement (including amendments), pursuant to Condition 17 or 20, the Licensee shall send a copy of such agreement (including amendments), to the Director.

21.2

Either party to an agreement or amendment referred to in Condition 17.1 or 20.1 above may, within 14 days of entering into such agreement or amendment make a representation to the Director that any part of such agreement or amendment deals with its commercial strategy and require the Director to make a determination to that effect.

21.3

A determination made in response to a requirement under paragraph 21.2 above shall specify any exclusions to be made from the agreement or amendment before it is published under paragraph 21.4 below. However, details of Interconnection charges, terms and conditions and any contributions to a universal service fund cannot be excluded from publication of the agreement or amendment.

21.4

The Licensee shall:

(a) where no request has been made under paragraph 21.2 above, as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event not earlier than 14 days and not later than 28 days after entering into an agreement or amendment pursuant to Condition 17.1 or 20.1; or

(b) where a request has been made under paragraph 21.2 above, as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event not before receipt of a determination and not later than 14 days thereafter;

publish the agreement or amendment in the following manner. Except to the extent that the Director may consent to an alternative location or method of publication, the Licensee shall make available in a publicly accessible part of every Major Office, in such manner and in such place that it is readily available for inspection free of charge by members of the general public during such hours as the Secretary of State may by order prescribe that the register of Licences and final and provisional orders is to be open for public inspection under section 19(4) of the Act, or in the absence of any such order having been made by the Secretary of State during normal office hours, a list of all such agreements and amendments together with a notice of the address and telephone number of the person to whom any request for a copy of any or all of such list, agreements or amendments, or any part of them, may be made.

21.5

The Licensee shall send a copy of the list referred to in paragraph 21.4 above, or (following publication) any agreement or amendment or part of them to any person who may request it within 7 working days of receipt of the request.

21.6

The Licensee shall, within a reasonable period following a request, send to any person requesting Interconnection all necessary information and specifications, in order to facilitate the conclusion of an agreement, including, to the extent that the Director may otherwise consent, information on changes planned for implementation within the next six months.

21.7

Any information received by a Licensee from any person for the purposes of any provision in Part A shall be used only for the purpose for which it was supplied. The Licensee shall not pass such information on to other departments within the Licensee’s organisation, subsidiaries or partners for which such information could provide a competitive advantage.

21.8

The Licensee shall comply with any request by the Director under regulation 6(5) of the Interconnection Regulations to inspect in its entirety any Interconnection agreement entered into by the Licensee.

Condition 22

REQUIREMENT TO HAVE COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND ACCOUNTING SEPARATION FOR INTERCONNECTION PURPOSES

22.1

The Licensee shall maintain a cost accounting system which having regard to the Licensee’s obligations under Condition 19.1 above:

(a) in the opinion of the Director is suitable to demonstrate that its charges for Interconnection have been fairly and properly calculated; and

(b) provides the information for the time being required to be provided by virtue of Article 7.5 of, and Annex V to, the Interconnection Directive.

22.2

The Licensee shall make available to any person on request a description of its cost accounting system showing the main categories under which costs are grouped and the rules used for the allocation of costs to Interconnection.

22.3

The Licensee shall be deemed to be complying with the requirements of paragraph 22.1 and 22.4A to 22.6 at any time within the period of two years from the designation of the Licensee as an Operator having Significant Market Power if it is at that time complying with directions then in force which have been given to it by the Director for the purpose of ensuring that its cost accounting system enables it to demonstrate that its charges have been fairly and properly calculated.

22.4

Where the annual turnover of the Licensee in telecommunications activities in the United Kingdom is more than 20 million euros the Licensee shall keep separate accounts for, on the one hand, activities related to Interconnection—covering both Interconnection services provided to or used by itself and any organisation within its Group and Interconnection services provided to others—and, on the other hand, other activities so as to identify all elements of costs and revenue, with the basis of their calculation and the detailed attribution methods used, related to its Interconnection activity, including an itemised breakdown of fixed assets.

22.4A

The Licensee shall also prepare in respect of each financial year a statement (the “Standard Service Statement”) of costs of and charges for Standard Services, to the extent that disaggregation of such Standard Services is necessary for the purposes of paragraph 22.1.

22.5

For each financial year ending on or after 1 January in the year in which the Licensee is determined by the Director to be an Operator having Significant Market Power pursuant to regulation 4(1)(i) of the Interconnection Regulations, the Licensee shall procure in respect of each of the separate accounts described in paragraph 22.4 above an audit report by the Licensee’s Auditor which shall conform to Auditing Standards and in which the Auditor shall state whether in his opinion the accounts fairly present in accordance with the description of cost accounting systems:

(a) in the case of the profit and loss account, the results; and

(b) in the case of the statement of mean capital employed, the mean capital employed.

22.5A

The Licensee shall procure in respect of each Standard Service Statement an audit report by the Licensee’s Auditor, which shall conform to Auditing Standards in which the Auditor shall state whether in his opinion the costs of and the charges for, the Standard Service are properly prepared in accordance with the description of cost accounting systems, unless the Licensee can demonstrate, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Director, in respect of which the Licensee shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present its case, that the requirement to procure an audit opinion on a specific Standard Service Statement is not proportionate.

22.6

(a) the separate financial accounts and the report of the Auditor thereon; and

(b) the Standard Service Statement and the report of the Auditor thereon,

within two months after the date on which the Licensee’s annual statutory financial statements are published and, in any event, within four months after the end of the period to which they relate or such other period as the Director shall determine which is objectively justified.

22.7

Any requirement to which the Licensee would otherwise be subject under paragraph 22.4A shall not apply if, or to the extent that, the Licensee can demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Director, in respect of which the Licensee shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present its case, that the requirement is not proportionate.

PART B: — UNDUE DISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENTS WHICH APPLY TO PART A

Condition 23

PROHIBITION ON UNDUE PREFERENCE AND UNDUE DISCRIMINATION

23.1

Where a determination has been made which applies to the Licensee for the purposes of Part A of this Licence, the Licensee shall not unduly discriminate or show undue preference in the manner set out below:

(a) the Licensee shall not (whether in respect of the charges or other terms or conditions applied or otherwise) show undue preference to, or exercise undue discrimination against, particular persons or persons of any class or description (in any market) as respects Interconnection of any description which the Licensee provides pursuant to Part A;

(b) the Licensee may be deemed to have shown such undue preference or to have exercised such undue discrimination if it unfairly favours to a material extent a business carried on by it in relation to the provision of any telecommunication service referred to in paragraph 23.1(a) above so as to place at a significant competitive disadvantage persons competing with that business; and

(c) any question relating to whether any act done or course of conduct pursued by the Licensee amounts to such undue preference or such undue discrimination shall be determined by the Director, but nothing done in any manner by the Licensee shall be regarded as undue preference or undue discrimination if and to the extent that the Licensee is required or permitted to do such things in that manner by or under any provision of this Licence.

PART C: — EXCEPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS ON THE OBLIGATIONS IN SCHEDULE 1

Condition 24

EXCEPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS ON OBLIGATIONS IN SCHEDULE 1

24.1

Unless the context otherwise requires and subject to paragraph 24.8, the Licensee’s obligations have effect subject to the following exceptions and limitations.

24.2

The Licensee is not obliged to do anything which is not practicable.

24.3

The Licensee shall not be held to have failed to comply with an obligation imposed upon it by or under these Conditions if and to the extent that the Licensee is prevented from complying with that obligation by any physical, topographical or other natural obstacle, by the malfunction or failure of any apparatus or equipment owing to circumstances beyond the control of the Licensee, by the act of any national authority, local authority or international organisation or as the result of fire, flood, explosion, accident, emergency, riot or war.

24.4

The Licensee shall not be obliged to connect, or to keep connected to the Applicable Systems, or to permit to be so connected or kept connected any telecommunication system or telecommunication apparatus or to provide any telecommunication services or to permit the provision of any service if the person to or for whom that is done or is to be done:

(a) has not entered or will not enter into a contract for the purpose with the Licensee for reasons other than the unreasonable refusal of the Licensee to agree terms for the purpose but this paragraph does not apply in a case where the Director is satisfied that:

(i) the Licensee has not published standard terms and conditions which it proposes to apply for the purpose in question, or the transaction is not fit to be governed by such terms and conditions; and

(ii) the Licensee has unreasonably refused to agree terms and conditions for this purpose;

(b) is, or in the Director’s opinion has given reasonable cause to believe that he may become:

(i) in breach of a contract with the Licensee for the provision of telecommunication services by the Licensee; or

(ii) in default in regard to any debt or liability owed to the Licensee in respect of any such contract;

(c) in using, or permitting the use of, apparatus so connected for any illegal purpose or has done so in the past and is likely to do so again; or

(d) has obtained, or attempted to obtain any telecommunication service from the Licensee by corrupt, dishonest or illegal means at any time.

24.5

Nothing in these Conditions shall prevent the Licensee from withdrawing from, or declining to provide to, any person any telecommunication service which the Licensee has notified the Director that it is providing in a limited area, or to a limited class of customers, for the purpose of evaluating the technical feasibility of, or the commercial prospects for, that service.

24.6

Nothing in these Conditions shall require the Licensee to provide any telecommunication service, or to provide any telecommunication service of any particular class or description, if it provides instead a service, or a service of a class or description which satisfies the purposes of that requirement at least to the same extent.

24.7

This Condition shall apply without prejudice to any limitation or qualification of the requirements imposed by or under any other Condition.

24.8

This Condition does not apply to:

Condition 3 (Requirement to Provide Connection Services)

Condition 4 (Accounting Separation for Special or Exclusive Rights in Non-Telecommunication sectors);

Condition 11 (Number Portability);

Condition 15.5 (Requirement to Furnish Information to the Director);

Part A (Operators with Significant Market Power for the purposes of the Interconnection Directive);

Part B (in relation to Part A services).

24.9

Only paragraphs 24.1, 24.2, 24.3 and 24.7 apply to:

Condition 12 (Licensee’s Group);

Condition 13 (Payment of Fees);

Condition 15.1, 15.2 and 15.4 (Requirement to Furnish Information to the Director).

24.10

Only paragraphs 24.1, 24.2, 24.3, 24.4 and 24.7 apply to Condition 9 (Numbering Arrangements).

SCHEDULE 4 — SCHEDULE 2: REVOCATION

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Column 1	Column 2
Agence France Presse	20/01/1989
BSB Limited	01/04/1990
BSB Datavision Limited	15/02/1990
BSB Datavision Limited	20/02/1990
Brightstar Communications Limited	02/07/1990
British Aerospace	17/11/1988
British Aerospace	03/11/1989
British Aerospace PLC	14/04/1989
British Aerospace Communications Limited	05/09/1990
British Aerospace Communications Limited	27/04/1991
British Aerospace Communications Limited	22/05/1991
British Broadcasting Corporation	05/12/1990
British Broadcasting Corporation	08/12/1990
British Geological Survey	08/11/1989
British Geological Survey	08/05/1990
British Satellite Broadcasting Ltd	24/04/1989
British Telecommunications plc	20/06/1989
British Telecommunications plc	20/06/1990
CBS News Inc	21/12/1990
Cole Brothers	25/01/1989
DER Ltd	20/01/1989
EB Communications (Great Britain) Limited	11/06/1991
Electronic Data Systems Limited	28/10/1988
Eurocom Satellite Communications Limited	10/11/1988
F.H. Alston and Sons Ltd	25/01/1989
Independent Broadcasting Authority	16/07/1987
Independent Television News Ltd	19/07/1990
Kingston Communications (Hull) plc	06/03/1991
Leset Limited	20/01/1989
Magnavox Ltd	14/07/1989
Maxwell Satellite Communications Limited	10/07/1991
Multibroadcast Limited	20/01/1989
P. S. Hibbert	25/01/1989
Plymouth Polytechnic	03/11/1987
Polycom Societe Anonyme	16/12/1988
Polytechnic South West	21/08/1990
Radio Rentals Limited	20/01/1989
Redifusion Business Electronics Ltd	05/02/1989
SNEC SA	14/07/1989
Satellite Financial Services Ltd	30/09/1993
Satellite Information Services Limited	03/02/1989
Satellite Information Services Limited	31/08/1990
Satellite Information Services Limited	12/12/1990
Satellite Information Services	02/04/1993
Satellite Management Limited	09/11/1988
Superchannel Limited	17/03/1990
TV-AM plc	05/12/1990
TVI Limited	13/12/1990
Teleport International Ltd	13/01/1995
Telesat Canada	01/04/1991
Trak-Sat Communications Limited	02/10/1990
Trak-Sat Communications Limited	03/07/1991
Uplink Limited	24/12/1990
W.H.Smith Television	06/12/1990
Worldwide Television News Corporation	07/08/1990

Signed

Patricia Hewitt, — Minister of State for Small Business and E. Commerce, — Department of Trade and Industry — 28th June 2000

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

S.I. 1996/266.

1972 c. 68.

1984 c. 12, as amended by the Telecommunications (Licensing) Regulations 1997 (S.I.1997/2930). There are other amendments to 1984 c. 12 which are not relevant to these Regulations.

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Determination of Competitive Standard Services and Prospectively Competitive Standard Services

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SCHEDULE 3 — AUTHORISATION TO CONNECT OTHER TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS TO THE APPLICABLE SYSTEMS AND TO PROVIDE TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES BY MEANS OF THE APPLICABLE SYSTEMS

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Definitions and Interpretation

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Editorial notes

Regulations revoked (25.7.2003 for specified purposes, 29.12.2003 in so far as not already in force) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 19(2); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 3); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(2) (with art. 11)

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