S.L. 623.5 Art. 2Interpretation. Cap. 513. Cap. 81 S.L. 449.57.

(1) Unless otherwise stated in these regulations, the definitions prescribed in the Act shall apply.

(2) In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires:

"access point" means a physical point, located inside or outside the building, accessible to undertakings providing or authorised to provide public communications networks, where connection to the high-speed-ready in-building physical infrastructure is made available; "the Act" means the Building Regulation Act;

"bodies governed by public law" means bodies that have all of the following characteristics:

(a) they are established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character;

(b) they have legal personality; and

(c) they are financed, in full or for the most part, by the State, or regional or local authorities, or by other bodies governed by public law; or are subject to management supervision by those authorities or bodies; or have an administrative, managerial or supervisory board, more than half of whose members are appointed by the State, regional or local authorities or by other bodies governed by public law;

"civil works" means every outcome of building or civil engineering works taken as a whole which is sufficient of itself to fulfil an economic or technical function and entails one or more elements of a physical infrastructure; "competent utility regulator or regulators" means any such public sector body or bodies responsible at law for the regulation of those utility services listed in accordance with the Second Schedule to the Utilities and Services (Regulation of Certain Works) Act; "high speed electronic communications network" means an electronic communication network which is capable of delivering broadband access services at speeds of at least 30 Mbps;

"high-speed-ready in-building physical infrastructure" means in-building physical infrastructure intended to host elements or enable delivery of high-speed electronic communications networks; "in-building physical infrastructure" means physical infrastructure or installations at the end-user’s location, including elements under joint ownership, intended to host wired and, or wireless access networks, where such access networks are capable of delivering electronic communications services and connecting the building access point with the network termination point; "major renovation works" means building or civil engineering works at the end user’s location encompassing structural modifications of the entire in-building physical infrastructure or a significant part thereof, including the common parts, and requiring a building permit; "network operator" means an undertaking providing or authorised to provide public communications networks as well as an undertaking providing a physical infrastructure intended to provide:

(a) a service of production, transport or distribution of:

(i) gas;

(ii) electricity, including public lighting;

(iii) heating;

(iv) water, including disposal or treatment of waste water and sewage, and drainage systems;

(b) transport services, including railways, roads, ports and airports;

"network termination point" means the physical point at which a subscriber is provided or is intended to be provided with access to a public communications network; in the case of networks involving switching or routing, the network termination point is identified by means of a specific network address, which may be linked to a subscriber number or name; "physical infrastructure" means any element of a network which is intended to host other elements of a network without becoming itself an active element of the network, such as pipes, masts, ducts, inspection chambers, manholes, cabinets, buildings or entries to buildings, antenna installations, towers and poles; cables, including dark fibre, as well as elements of networks used for the provision of water intended for human consumption as defined in regulation 3 of the Water Intended for Human Consumption Regulations are not physical infrastructure within the meaning of these regulations; "public sector body" means a state, regional or local authority, a body governed by public law or an association formed by one or several such authorities or one or several such bodies governed by public law; and

"permit" means an explicit or implicit decision of a competent authority following any procedure under which an undertaking is required to take steps in order to legally carry out building or civil engineering works.