PART
Telecommunications Act 1984
c. 12
100
VII
provision of this Act
in respect
of-
as appear
to him necessary or expedient
in that Act or subordinate legislation to
British Telecommunications ;
(b) any reference in that Act or subordinate legislation to
an enactment contained in the Telegraph Acts 1863
to 1916; or
(c) any use in that Act or subordinate legislation of terminology used in the Telegraph Acts 1863 to 1916
but not in the telecommunications code contained in
Schedule 2 to this Act.
(3) The Secretary of State may by order(a) repeal or amend any enactment in a local Act which
appears to him to be unnecessary having regard to
the provisions of this Act or to be inconsistent with any
provision of this Act ; or
(b) repeal any enactment in a local telegraph Act which
appears to him to be spent or no longer of practical
(a) any reference
utility.
1978 c. 30.
(4) The general transitional provisions and savings contained
in Schedule 5 to this Act and the special transitional provisions
with respect to patents for inventions and registered designs
contained in Schedule 6 to this Act shall have effect ; but those
provisions and savings are without prejudice to sections 16 and
17 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (effect of repeals).
(5) If it appears to the Secretary of State requisite or expedient
to do so in order to secure that telecommunication services provided before the appointed day by means of any existing apparatus continue to be available after the appointed day, he may by
order make provision with respect to the terms on which existing
apparatus is kept installed on any premises ; and such an order
may, in particular(a) provide for the terms of agreements in pursuance of
which existing apparatus is kept installed on any premises to have effect with such modifications as may be
specified in the order ;
impose
obligations in relation to existing apparatus on
(b)
persons who own or use such apparatus or who own
interests in, or occupy, premises where such apparatus
is kept installed ; and
(c) provide, for the purposes of any provision contained in
such an order by virtue of paragraph (a) or (b) above,
for such questions arising under the order as are specified in the order, or are of a description so specified,
to be referred to, and determined by, the Director.