Telecommunication Apparatus (Marking and Labelling) Order 1982
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1982 No. 491
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
The Telecommunication Apparatus (Marking and Labelling) Order 198231stMarch 1982
31stMarch 1982
—Articles 1, 2, 3, and 61stJune 1982—Articles 4 and 51stNovember 1982
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 17 of the British Telecommunications Act 1981(a), hereby makes the following Order:—
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Telecommunication Apparatus (Marking and Labelling) Order 1982.
(2) This Article and Articles 2, 3 and 6 of this Order shall come into operation on 1st June 1982 and Articles 4 and 5 shall come into operation on 1st November 1982.
Interpretation
2. In this Order:—
"the Act" means the British Telecommunications Act 1981;
"approved apparatus" means any subscriber's apparatus of a description specified in Schedule 1 to this Order which either:—
(a) pursuant to section 16(1) of the Act conforms to the standard for the time being approved by the Secretary of State, or by a person or body appointed by him for the purpose, for apparatus of that description which is, or is to be, connected (either directly or indirectly) to a Corporation system and complies with any condition relating to the apparatus or its connection or use which may be specified in the approval; or
(b) pursuant to section 16(2) of the Act, has itself been approved for connection (either directly or indirectly) to a Corporation system by the
(a) 1981 c. 38.
Secretary of State, by a person or body appointed by him for the purpose, or by the Corporation;
"the Corporation" means British Telecommunications;
"Corporation system" means a telecommunication system run by the Corporation;
"display notice" means a notice conforming with the requirements of Schedule 3 to this Order;
"subscriber's apparatus" means apparatus owned by or supplied to a person other than the Corporation;
"supply" and related expressions shall be construed in accordance with section 9 of the Consumer Safety Act 1978(a) and, in the case of the Corporation, as also including supply in pursuance of a scheme made under section 21 of the Act;
"supply by retail" means, in relation to any apparatus, supply to a person who is not acquiring it for the purpose of supplying it to another person for valuable consideration.
Application
3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, this Order applies to subscriber's apparatus of any of the descriptions set out in Schedule 1 to this Order, being apparatus which is:—
(a) capable of being connected (either directly or indirectly) to any Corporation system; and
(b) supplied to a person in the United Kingdom (whether the supplier is within or outside the United Kingdom) except where the person supplied is acquiring it for the purpose of supplying it to a person outside the United Kingdom.
(2) Paragraph (1) above does not apply in a case of:—
(a) the supply of any apparatus which for a period of not less than three months immediately preceding the supply was connected (either directly or indirectly) to a Corporation system and which is supplied for use on the premises where it is so connected; or
(b) the supply by retail of any apparatus by the Kingston-upon-Hull City Council Telephone Undertaking on terms that the apparatus remains the property of that Undertaking.
Marking and labelling requirements
4.—(1) Apparatus to which this Order applies shall be marked in accordance with the marking and labelling requirements set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.
(2) No...
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