58A. — In this Part —

‘ ECAS ’ means an emergency call answering service operated under a contract entered into under section 58B ;

‘ ECAS contract ’ means a contract for the operation of an emergency call handling service;

‘ ECAS operator ’ means the person who operates an emergency call answering service in accordance with a contract entered into under section 58B;

‘ emergency call ’ means an electronic communication (such as a telephone call) that is forwarded from an undertaking to the ECAS operator for onward transmission to an emergency service, and includes a call that may not be a genuine one;

‘ emergency service ’ means the Garda S í och á na, a fire brigade, ambulance service, the Irish Coast Guard or a civil emergency service. ]