Telecommunications Act 1984
c. 12
142
ScH. 4
1888 c. 12.
8.-(1) Section
The Electric Lighting Act 1888
4 of the Electric Lighting Act 1888 (restrictions
on placing electric lines etc.) shall be amended in accordance with
the following provisions of this paragraph.
(2) In subsection (1), for the words from " of the electric lines "
to " telegraphic communication " there shall be substituted the words
" of any telecommunication apparatus kept installed for the purposes
of a telecommunications code system or of any other telecommunication apparatus lawfully kept installed in any position ".
(3) In subsection (2)(a) for the words from " telegraphic line " to " may ", in the first
place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the words
" any telecommunication apparatus kept installed for the
purposes of a telecommunications code system or to affect
the service provided by any such system, the Secretary of
State may " ; and
(b) for the words from " the telegraphic lines " to " may require "
there shall be substituted the words " any telecommunication apparatus kept installed for the purposes of a telecommunications code system and the service provided by any
such system as the Secretary of State may by or in
pursuance of such notice prescribe ; and in default of
compliance with such conditions and regulations the Secretary of State may require ".
(4) In subsection (6), for the words from " to any electric line " to
" telegraphic purposes " there shall be substituted the words " to any
electric line, being an electric line kept installed solely for the pur-
poses of a telecommunication system,".
The Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899
(Clauses) Act 1899
1899 c. 19.
9.-(1) The Schedule to the Electric Lighting
shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this
paragraph.
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(2) At the end of section 1 of the Schedule (interpretation) there
shall be inserted the following:
" References in this Schedule to telecommunication apparatus
shall not include references to any telecommunication apparatus
which is kept installed in a conduit or structure falling within
subsection (6)(a) of section 98 of the Telecommunications Act
1984 (by virtue of which telecommunication apparatus may be
installed in electricity conduits etc.) ; and, for the purposes of
this Schedule, telecommunication apparatus shall be deemed to
be injuriously affected where the service provided by the telecommunication system for the purposes of which that apparatus is
used is in any manner affected.".
(3) The concurrence of British Telecommunications shall cease to
be required for the giving of an approval under section 10(c) of the
Schedule.