Telecommunications Act 1984
c. 12
(6) In section 156(4) (which authorises works relating to an
overhead telegraphic line), for the words " an overhead telegraphic
line " there shall be substituted the words " overhead telecommunication apparatus ".
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(7) In section 157(9) (meaning of undertakers), for the words from
" means " onwards there shall be substituted the words " means
persons having powers to break up or open highways in Greater
London for the purposes of any sewerage system, any water, gas,
electricity, tramway or other undertaking or any telecommunications
code system ".
(8) In section 169(4) (which, among other things, defines " statutory undertakers " for the purposes of provisions relating to scaffolding and building materials in highways), at the end there shall be
inserted the words " and the operator of a telecommunications code
system ".
(9) In subsection (3) of section 170 (control of mixing of mortar
on highways), in the definition of " statutory undertakers ", at the end
there shall be inserted the words " and the operator of a telecommunications code system ".
(10) In section 177 (restriction on construction of buildings over
highways)-
(a) in subsection (4) (no interference with the rights of statutory
undertakers), for the words from " statutory undertakers "
onwards there shall be substituted the words " statutory
undertakers or the operator of a telecommunications code
";
and
(b) for subsection (12) (which applies section 7 of the Telegraph 1878 c. 76.
Act 1878 to work authorised or required by a licence under
section 177) there shall be substituted the following subsystem
-
section :
" (12) Paragraph 23 of the telecommunications code
(which provides a procedure for certain cases where works
involve the alteration of telecommunication apparatus)
shall apply, for the purposes of works authorised or required by a licence under this section to be executed, to
the licensee.".
(11) In section 178(5) (statutory undertakers for the purposes of the
licensing of the placing of rails, beams, etc.), for the words from
" and ", in the second place where it occurs, onwards there shall be
substituted the words " the Post Office and the operator of a telex
communications code system are to be deemed to be statutory undertakers ".
(12) In section 181 (provisions relating to placing of certain apparatus in highways)(a) in subsection (7) (which relates to licences of the Secretary of
State or British Telecommunications), for the words from
" licence ", in the third place where it occurs, to " required " there shall be substituted the words " licence of the
Secretary of State is required " ;