Telecommunications Act 1991
174Basic carriage services
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174 Basic carriage services
(1) A telecommunications service is a basic carriage service if, and only if, it is a service for basic communications carriage between 2 or more distinct places and is supplied:
(a) by means of:
(i) at least one reserved line link; or
(ii) facilities including at least one reserved line link; or
(b) by the use of satellite-based facilities.
(2) A service for basic communications carriage is a telecommunications service that consists only of functions each of which is involved in:
(a) establishing, maintaining or terminating a connection across the telecommunications network by means of which the service is supplied; or
(b) modifying a connection after it has been so established; or
(c) carrying a communication across the network.
(3) To avoid doubt, the supply of customer equipment is not a basic carriage service.