Telecommunications Act 1984
c. 12
The Official Secrets Act 1911
purposes of section 2 of the Official Secrets Act
1911 any office or employment under a public telecommunications
operator shall be deemed to be an office under Her Majesty and a
contract with such an operator shall be deemed to be a contract
with Her Majesty.
12.-(1) For the
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Scx. 4
1911 c. 28.
(2) Any telecommunications station or office belonging to, or
occupied by, a public telecommunications operator shall be a prohibited place for the purposes of that Act.
The Electricity (Supply) Act 1919
1919 c.
In section 22 of the Electricity (Supply) Act 1919 (wayleaves)(a) in subsection (4) (which applies section 14 of the Electric 1899 c.
Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899), for the words from " so far "
to " shall be " there shall be substituted the words " so far
as it relates to the operator of any telecommunications code
system, shall be " ; and
(b) for subsection (5) (saving for the Telegraph Acts 1863 to
1916) there shall be substituted the following subsections :
" (5) Nothing in this section shall(a) affect any rights conferred by or in accordance
with the telecommunications code on the operator of a telecommunications code system ; or
(b) affect any determination under that code or any
agreement entered into for the purposes of that
code ; or
(c) operate in such manner as to interfere with or
involve any additional expense in the exercise
of any such rights.".
100.
13.
19.
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14 -(1)
The Official Secrets Act 1920
Section 5 of the Official Secrets Act 1920 shall not apply
1920 c. 75.
to a public telecommunications operator.
(2) In subsection (6) of that section for the words from "in con-
-
travention " onwards there shall be substituted the following paragraphs :
" (a) in contravention of the exclusive privilege conferred on
the Post Office by section 66(1) of the British Telecom- 1981
munications Act 1981 ; or
(b) an offence under section 5 of the Telecommunications Act
c. 38.
1984.".
The Electricity (Supply) Act 1922
In section 25(3) of the Electricity (Supply) Act 1922 (protection
of British Telecommunications)(a) for the words from " protection " to " shall ", in the first
place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the words
" protection of the operator of a telecommunications code
15.
system shall
";
and
1922 c. 46.