The Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (Cable and Local Delivery Operator Licences) Regulations 1999
These Regulations amend the telecommunications licences granted to the licensees specified in Schedules 1 and 2 for the provision of cable television services. The Schedules to the Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (Standard Schedules) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2450) replace the schedules to the licences, subject to certain specific amendments. The amendments are being made to these licences as part of the implementation in the United Kingdom of Directive 97/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on a common framework for general authorisations and individual licences in the field of telecommunications (OJ. No. L199, 26.7.97, p.32), which requires that conditions in all telecommunications licences of a similar type should be harmonised, except where objectively justified in particular instances.