3. Interpretation
In these Regulations—
“apparatus” means telecommunications apparatus or apparatus designed or adapted for use in connection with telecommunications apparatus as described in Part III of Schedule 2;
“authorised person” means any person authorised by the Commission for the purpose of regulation 5;
“CEPT” means the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations;
“Commission” means the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission established by the Telecommunications Act in an ECTEL Member State;
“Common Technical Regulations” means the applicable rule governing the connection of terminal equipment to telecommunications networks published by the Telecommunications Research and Action Centre and by the European Telecommunications Standard Institute which is in force at the date of the publication of these Regulations;
“eirp” means equivalent isotropically radiated power;
“erp” means effective radiated power;
“DCS” means Digital Controlled Squelch;
“EN45001 and EN45002” means European Standards Normes Européennes) EN45001 and EN45002 published in September 1989 by the British Standards Institution;
“ETSI” means the European Telecommunications Standards Institute;
“FCC” means the Federal Communications Commission;
“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;
“low power device” means a restricted radiation device radiation, exclusive of those employing conducted or guided radio frequency techniques, used for the transmission of signs, signals (including control signals), writing, images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by radiation of electromagnetic energy;
“public telecommunications network” means a telecommunication network used for the provision of telephone services to the public;
“radio frequency device” means a device that transmits or receives electromagnetic waves between 500 KHz and 300GHz;
“relevant apparatus” means the prescribed apparatus as defined in Schedules 1 to 7;
“test laboratory” means a test laboratory which has been accredited in accordance with ISO guides 25 and 58 or EN45001 and EN45002 or a national standard conforming to ISO guides 25 and 58 or EN45001 and EN45002;
“the Act” means the Telecommunications Act;
“the Radio Regulations” means the 1998 edition of the Radio Regulations made under Article 13 of the Constitution of the International Telecommunication Union.