8 CAP. 229] Telecommunications CHAPTER 229 TELECOMMUNICATIONS (LICENSING CLASSIFICATION, AUTHORISATION AND FEE STRUCTURE), REGULATIONS 110 of 2002. [28th September, 2002] PART I PRELIMINARY Short title. 1. These Regulations may be cited as the TELECOMMUNICATIONS (LICENSING CLASSIFICATION, AUTHORISATION, AND FEE STRUCTURE) REGULATIONS. Commencement. 2. These Regulations shall come into force on the 30th day of September 2002. Interpretation. 3. No. 16 of 2002. “Act” means the Belize Telecommunications Act; (1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, “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 that is used to provide the majority of telephone and other telecommunication services to the public; THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE [ ] Printed by the Government Printer, No. 1 Power Lane, Belmopan, by the authority of the Government of Belize. REVISED EDITION 2003