s.2Interpretation
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Section 2Part 0 —

Interpretation

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In this Act —
"beach manhole" means an underground structure located on or near where a submarine cable comes ashore and is joined to the terrestrial cable that connects to the cable landing station;
"cable landing station" means a facility at which a submarine cable system terminates and then connects to the national telecommunications networks of retail telecommunications service providers;
"commercial partner" means a legal entity, other than an entity as defined under the Procurement Act (2023 Revision), contracted with the Cayman Islands Government for the delivery of the submarine cable system to improve national resilience by enhancing critical ICT infrastructure;
"critical ICT infrastructure" has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Information and Communications Technology Act (2019 Revision);
"ICT network" has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Information and Communications Technology Act (2019 Revision);
"ICT service" has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Information and Communications Technology Act (2019 Revision);
"licensee" means a person to whom a licence for the provision of an ICT network or an ICT service, or both, is granted under the Information and Communications Technology Act (2019 Revision);
"national resilience" means the capacity of the Islands' telecommunications infrastructure to maintain or quickly restore functionality in the event of disruption, including disruption to the submarine cable system due to cable cuts, natural disasters, equipment failure or other emergencies;
"project" means the construction and operation of a new submarine cable connection for the Islands in accordance with an agreement referred to in section 3;
"submarine cable" means a telecommunications cable laid on or beneath the seabed of the Islands and used, or intended to be used, for the transmission of communications as part of a submarine cable system;
"submarine cable backhaul" means the portion of the telecommunications network that links the cable landing station to licensed telecommunications retail service providers' facilities or network;
"submarine cable fronthaul" means the segment of a submarine cable system that connects the cable landing station with the beach manhole;
"submarine cable system" means a telecommunications cable infrastructure comprised of —
a submarine cable;
cable landing stations;
beach manholes;
submarine cable fronthauls;
submarine cable backhauls; and
associated infrastructure,
used or intended to be used, for the transmission of communications;
"telecommunications network" means a system of telecommunications equipment, such as a submarine cable system or retail service provider network, that enables the conveyance of signals between defined termination points; and
"terrestrial cable" means a telecommunications cable on land.

Defined Terms

beach manholecable landing stationcommercial partnercritical ICT infrastructureICT networkICT servicelicenseenational resilienceprojectsubmarine cablesubmarine cable backhaulsubmarine cable fronthaulsubmarine cable systemtelecommunications networkterrestrial cable

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