Telecommunications Act 1984
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(3) For paragraph (c) of section 38(3) (under which the references
to a service pipe or service line include certain underground telegraphic lines) there shall be substituted the following paragraph :
" (c) any telecommunication apparatus placed or intended to be
placed underground for the purpose of providing a service
by means of a telecommunication system to or from any
premises, as distinct from telecommunication apparatus
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placed or intended to be placed for the general purposes
of any such system ".
(4) In Schedule 7 (application to London)(a) in paragraph 6, for the words " overhead telegraphic lines "
there shall be substituted the words " overhead telecommunication apparatus " ; and
(b) in paragraph 8(1), for the words " an overhead telegraphic
line " there shall be substituted the words " overhead telecommunication apparatus ".
The Defamation Act 1952
30. In section 16(4) of the Defamation Act 1952 (simultaneous
transmission by telegraph of words broadcast by means of wireless
telegraphy), for the words " by telegraph as defined by the Telegraph
Act 1863 " there shall be substituted the words " by means of a
telecommunication system otherwise than in a way that involves the
broadcasting of those words by means of wireless telegraphy ".
1952 c. 66.
The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953
31. In section 6 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953 (supplementary provisions as to bus shelters)(a) in subsection (1), for the words from " telegraphic line " to
1953 c. 26.
1863 c. 112.
" in obtaining " there shall be substituted the words " telecommunication apparatus kept installed for the purposes of
a telecommunications code system and the operator of that
system notifies the local authority that he requires to
obtain access to the apparatus, the authority shall, unless
they temporarily remove the shelter or accommodation for
the purpose of affording such access or so much thereof
as is necessary for that purpose, be liable to
repay to the operator so much of the expenses reasonably
incurred by him in obtaining " ; and
(b) in subsection (2), for the words from " telegraphic line " to
" there were " there shall be substituted the words " telecommunication apparatus as is therein mentioned, and as if
for any reference therein to the operator of the system in
question there were ".
1955 c.
The Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955
(N.I.).
32. In section 14(3) of the Defamation Act (Northern Ireland)
1955 (simultaneous transmission by telegraph of words broadcast by
means of wireless telegraphy), for the words " by telegraph as defined
by the Telegraph Act 1863 " there shall be substituted the words " by
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