Interpretation

(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requiresCAP. 229. “Act” means the Belize Telecommunications Act; “carrier’ means in the telecommunications context, a company that offers its network infrastructure for hire to provide communication services to the public; “Private networks” means a network based on leased lines or other facilities which are used to provide telecommunication services within an organization or within a closed user group as a complement or a substitute to the public network; “Public Switched Telephone Network or PSTN” means the infrastructure of physical switching and transmission facilities Telecommunications 7 that is used to provide the majority of telephone and other telecommunication services to the public; “PUC” means the Public Utilities Commission established under the Public Utilities Commission Act; CAP. 223. “Schedule” means the Schedule to these Regulations. (2) A word or phrase not defined in these Regulations but defined in the Act shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Act.