2. Interpretation
In these Regulations—
“Act” means the Telecommunications Act;
“affiliate” means a relationship between 2 entities, in which one of them directly or indirectly owns more than 50% of the capital stock of, or controls the other entity;
“bypass” means conduct comprising—
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(a) the passing of an international voice service (including a reconstructable voice service as part of a data or mixed voice/data service) without passing through the international gateway switch of a licensed international voice network operator; or
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(b) the termination of international voice services over the domestic public switched telecommunications network by a person who does not originate the call or possess a valid interconnection agreement with that domestic network operator with respect to international voice services;
“capital stock” includes all forms of equity ownership and partnership interests;
“control” means control in whatever form exercised and is not limited to majority stock ownership, and includes direct or indirect control through intervening subsidiaries;
“licensee group” means the licensee, its parent or subsidiaries, and any affiliate comprising the users of the private telecommunications network;
“Minister” means Minister responsible for Telecommunications;
“private leased circuit” means a telecommunications facility which is provided by means of one or more public telecommunications networks for the conveyance of messages between points, all of which are points of connection between those telecommunications systems and other telecommunications systems. Such a communications facility is made available to persons whereby messages transmitted at any of the points of connection, are received at every such point, and are fixed by the manner in which the communications facility is installed, and cannot otherwise be selected by a person or a telecommunications apparatus sending messages by means of the facility.