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 Síochána, a fire brigade, ambulance service, the Irish Coast Guard or a civil emergency service.