Telecommunications Act 1984
c. 12
shall have effect in relation to that case, notwithstanding any repeal
made by this Act, as it has effect immediately before the coming into
force of sub-paragraph (1) above.
175
Sca. 4
The Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 S.I. 1973/70
(N.I. 2).
59. In article 58 of the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern
Ireland) Order 1973 (protection of telegraphic and telephonic wires), in
paragraph (1), for the words " telegraphic, telephonic or electric signalling communication " there shall be substituted the word " telecommunications ".
The Consumer Credit Act 1974
16(6) of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (power
by order to provide exemption from the regulation of consumer hire
agreements), for the words after paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the words " or where the owner is a public telecommunications operator specified in the order ".
1974 c. 39.
60.-(1) In section
(2) In section 174(3)(a) of the said Act of 1974 (exceptions to general restriction on disclosure of information), after the words " the
Competition Act 1980 " there shall be inserted the words " or the
Telecommunications Act 1984 " and after the words " any other
Minister ", there shall be inserted the words " the Director General of
Telecommunications, ".
61.-(1)
The Housing (Scotland) Act 1974
After section 36 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1974, in
-
Part II of that Act (substandard houses), there shall be inserted the
following section:
" Saving for
telecom-
munication
apparatus
etc.
36A.-(1) Paragraph 23 of the telecommunications code
(which provides a procedure for certain cases where works
involve the alteration of telecommunication apparatus)
shall apply to a local authority for the purposes of any
works which they are authorised to execute under this
Part of this Act.
(2) Where in pursuance of an order under section 33 of
this Act a public right of way over land is extinguished
or a street is closed or diverted, and, at the beginning
of the day on which the order comes into operation,
there is under, in, on, over, along or across the land
or street 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 operation : but any person entitled to land
over which the right of way subsisted shall be entitled
to require the alteration of the apparatus.
(3) The proviso to subsection (4) of the said section
33 shall have effect in relation to any right conferred
by or in accordance with the telecommunications code
on the operator of a telecommunications code system
1980 c. 21.
1974 c. 45.