Section 2 CAP. 35.05
Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation Act
“General Manager” means the General Manager of the Corporation
appointed under subsection (2) of section 17 of this Act;
“message” means any communication sent, received, or made by
telecommunication or given to a telecommunication operator to be sent by
telecommunication apparatus;
“radio communication” means any telecommunication by means of
radio waves;
“radio communication station” means any telecommunication station
capable of being used or being adapted for radio communication;
“telecommunication apparatus”
constructed or adapted for use —
(a)
(b)
or
“apparatus”
means
apparatus
in transmitting or receiving —
(i)
speech, music and other sounds;
(ii)
visual images;
(iii)
signals serving for the impartation of any matter otherwise than
in the form of sounds or visual images; or
(iv)
signals serving for the actuation or control of machinery or
apparatus, which is to be or has been conveyed by a
telecommunication system; or
in conveying for the purposes of a telecommunication system, anything
falling within items (i) to (iv) of paragraph (a) above;
“telecommunication installation” means —
(i)
a line; or
(ii)
any equipment, apparatus, structure, tower, antenna, tunnel,
manhole, pit or pole intended for use, in connection with a
telecommunication service;
“telecommunication line” means any wire, cable, tube or pipe or other
similar thing which is designed or adapted for use in connection with the
running of a telecommunication system, with any casing, coating, tube or pipe
enclosing the same and any appliances and apparatus connected therein for
the same; and includes any structure, post or other thing in, or, by or from
which any telecommunication apparatus is or may be installed, supported,
carried or suspended;
“telecommunication operator” means any person licensed under sub-section
(2) of section 6 of this Act to run a telecommunication system within Tuvalu;
“telecommunication service” means —
(a)
a service consisting in the
telecommunication system of —
(i)
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conveyance
by
means
of
a
speech, music and other sounds;
2008 Revised Edition