- additional approval
means an additional approval issued by— (a) a United Kingdom notified body pursuant to regulation 21 below;
- approved product
means a type, or any of the several versions thereof, in respect of which an EC type-examination certificate is in force;
- approved testing laboratory
means a laboratory which is an approved testing laboratory within the meaning of Article 2.8 of Council Directive 86/361/EEC and which is, on 6th November 1992, approved by the United Kingdom in the manner provided for in Article 7.2 of that Directive.
- authorised representative
means a person established within the Community appointed by the manufacturer (whether or not established within the Community) to act on his behalf;
- connection symbol
means the symbol shown in the said Schedule 3 indicating that the equipment is intended and is suitable to be connected to the public telecommunications network.
- connection-capable equipment
has the meaning given by regulation 4(4) below;
- Council Directive 86/361/EEC
means Council Directive 86/361/EEC on the initial stage of the mutual recognition of type approval for telecommunications terminal equipment;
- design quality records
includes the result of analyses, calculations and tests;
- designated test laboratory
has the meaning given by regulation 57(b) below;
- enforcement authority
means any person who is, pursuant to the provisions of this regulation, authorised to act as an enforcement authority.
- exempt terminal equipment
has the meaning given by regulation 6(3) below;
- full quality assurance approved quality system
means a quality system for design, manufacture and final product inspection and testing which is for the time being approved by— (a) a United Kingdom notified body pursuant to regulation 43 below, as modified where applicable pursuant to regulation 45 or 47 below;
- intended purpose declaration
has the meaning given by regulation 12(4) below;
- justified cases
means the cases where terminal equipment supports—
- modification
means a change to an approved product where the change may affect the conformity with the essential requirements or the prescribed conditions for use of the product;
- non-connection symbol
has the meaning given by regulation 12(1)(d)(ii) below;
- notification
means a notification in writing;
- notified body
means a body for carrying out the certification, product checks and associated surveillance tasks pertaining to the procedures referred to in Article 9 of the TTE Directive which is— (a) for the time being a United Kingdom notified body pursuant to regulation 50 below;
- notified body symbol
has the meaning given by regulation 10(5)(b) below;
- production quality assurance approved quality system
means a quality system for production, final product inspection and testing which is for the time being approved by— (a) a United Kingdom notified body pursuant to regulation 31 below, as modified where applicable pursuant to regulation 33 or 35 below;
- production quality records
includes inspection reports and test data, calibration data and qualification reports of the personnel concerned;
- public telecommunication system
means any telecommunication system for the time being designated as a public telecommunication system by order made under section 9 of the 1984 Act;
- public telecommunications network
means— (a) in the United Kingdom, all public telecommunication systems;
- publicised information
means any information which has been disclosed in any civil or criminal proceedings;
- radio
means wireless telegraphy as defined in section 19(1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949;
- radio connection-capable equipment
has the meaning given by regulation 4(6) below;
- radio frequency spectrum
means that part of the electromagnetic spectrum at frequencies not exceeding 3,000 GHz;
- recognised test laboratory
has the meaning given by regulation 57(a) below;
- relevant criteria
means the criteria fixed by the appropriate parts of standards which are relevant harmonized standards for the designation of such laboratories for the purposes of Article 10.2 of the TTE Directive.
- relevant person
means— (a) a Minister of the Crown, Government department or Northern Ireland department;
- responsible person
means— (a) in relation to equipment manufactured in the United Kingdom, the manufacturer;
- supply
includes offering to supply, agreeing to supply, exposing for supply and possessing for supply, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
- technical documentation
means such documentation as is necessary to enable the conformity of a type (or all the versions thereof, where applicable) with the essential requirements to be assessed, and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, so far as is relevant for such assessment, documentation covering the design, manufacture and operation of the product;
- the 1984 Act
means the Telecommunications Act 1984;
- the Commission
means the Commission of the European Communities;
- the Community
means the European Economic Community;
- the Council
means the Council of the European Communities;
- the Low Voltage Directive
means Council Directive 73/23/EEC on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits;
- third country relevant body
has the meaning given by regulation 57(c) below;
- type
means a specimen of applicable terminal equipment, representative of the production envisaged, and a type may cover several versions of the product provided that the differences between the versions do not affect the level of safety and the other requirements concerning the performance of the product, and “version” shall be construed accordingly.