c. 12

148

Scu. 4

1978 c. 30.

Telecommunications Act 1984

(5) In section 70 of Schedule 3, for paragraph (a) of the proviso
(works under that section not to interfere with telegraphic lines)
there shall be substituted the following paragraph :
(a) any telecommunication apparatus kept installed for the
purposes of a telecommunications code system, except in
accordance with, and subject to the provisions of, the telecommunications code ; ".

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(6) Without prejudice to section 20(2) of the Interpretation Act
in this paragraph to a
provision of the said Schedule 3 shall include references to that
Schedule as incorporated or applied by or under any enactment.
1978 (references to enactments), references

1947 c. 42.

The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland)

Act 1947
23. In section 3 of the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 (which empowers the Secretary of State
to extinguish certain public rights of way over land acquired), after
subsection (4) there shall be inserted the following subsection :
" (4A) In subsection (4) above, the reference to apparatus
belonging to statutory undertakers shall include a reference to
apparatus kept installed for the purposes of a telecommunications code system ; and in relation to any such apparatus the
references to the undertakers shall have effect as references to
the operator of the system.".

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1947 c. 54.
1899 c. 19.

The Electricity Act 1947
24. In section 9(3) of the Electricity Act 1947 (which applies
section 14 of the Schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act
1899), for the words from " relates " to " shall " there shall be sub-

stituted the words " relates to the operator of a telecommunications
code system shall ".
1948 c. 28

The Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1948
25. For subsections (1) and (2) of section 41 of the Roads Act
(Northern Ireland) 1948, as applied by any statutory provision passed

S.I. 1980/1085

before the coming into operation of the Roads (Northern Ireland)
Order 1980, there shall be substituted the following subsections:-

" (1) Subject to subsection (lA), nothing in this Act or in any
order made under it shall affect any rights conferred by or in
accordance with the telecommunications code on the operator
of a telecommunications code system or apply to any telecommunication apparatus kept installed for the purposes of any
such system.
(1A) Where in pursuance of an order under section 17 any
road is stopped up, diverted or abandoned and immediately
before that order comes into force there is under, in, over, along
or across the road any telecommunication apparatus kept installed for the purposes of a telecommunications code system,
the operator of that system shall have the same powers in respect
of that apparatus as if the order had not come into force ; but

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