6Definitions

6 Definitions

In this industry standard:

access-controlled defence site means defence premises which can only be accessed through a defence access control point.

Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997.

additional identity verification process means a process described in subsections 8(2) or 8(3).

authorised representative means the person who has authority from a customer to deal with a mobile carriage service provider on behalf of that customer as their authorised agent.

biometric data means information about any measurable biological or behavioural characteristics of an individual that can be used to verify the identity of the individual, such as their face, fingerprints and voice.

category A document means a document mentioned in Table 1 in Schedule 1.

category B document means a document mentioned in Table 2 in Schedule 1.

customer means a person with a contractual relationship with a carriage service provider and to whom the carriage service provider has issued a mobile service number.

A reference to a customer includes a large business customer.

Note: A mobile carriage service provider may have obligations in relation to a person under this industry standard even if the person does not have a contractual relationship with the mobile carriage service provider, as long as the person has a contractual relationship with some other mobile carriage service provider and the person has rights of use to a mobile service number.

customer contract means an arrangement or agreement between a mobile carriage service provider and a customer for the supply of a mobile service number to that customer, and includes a standard form of agreement formulated by a mobile carriage service provider for the purposes of section 479 of the Act.

defence access control point and defence premises have the same meanings as in section 71A of the Defence Act 1903.

digital mobile number means a special services number specified in Schedule 5 of the Telecommunications Numbering Plan 2015 for use with a digital mobile service.

digital mobile service means a public mobile telecommunications service supplied by a network using digital modulation techniques.