Telecommunications Act 1984
c. 12
8.-(l)
SCH 5
An order made under section 89 of the Post Office Act
1969 which relates to the running of a telecommunication system for 1969 c. 48.
the purposes of a cable programme service and is effective on the
appointed day shall have effect as if made under section 57 of this
Act in relation to the provision of that service ; and the provisions of
the said section 57 shall apply accordingly.
(2)
A
licence granted under section 89 of the Post Office Act 1969
which relates to the running of a telecommunication system for the
purposes of a cable programme service provided by any person and
is effective on the appointed day shall have effect as if granted under
section 58 of this Act to that person in relation to the provision of
that service ; and the provisions of Part IV of this Act shall apply
accordingly.
(3) Regulations made under section 90 of the Post Office Act
1969 which relate to the grant of licences under section 89 of that
Act and are effective on the appointed day shall have effect as if
made under section 58 of this Act in relation to the grant of licences
under that section ; and the provisions of the said section 58 shall
apply accordingly.
(4) In this paragraph " cable programme service
meaning as in Part IV of this Act.
"
has the same
An undertaking given, or having effect as if given, under section
of the 1981 Act which is effective on the appointed day shall have
effect as if given to British Telecommunications under section 97 of
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this Act.
10. A direction given, or having effect as if given, under section
6(2) or (4) of the 1981 Act which is effective on the appointed day
shall have effect as if given to British Telecommunications under section 94(1) or (2) of this Act.
11. Nothing done, on or after the appointed day, under, and in
accordance with the terms of, the licence dated 1st March 1966
whereto the parties are Her Majesty, the Crown Estate Commissioners, the Postmaster General and Det Store Nordiske TelegrafSelskab Aktieselskab (a company incorporated under the law of the
Kingdom of Denmark and commonly known in the United Kingdom,
and in that licence referred to, as the Great Northern Telegraph
Company Limited) shall constitute a contravention of section 5(1) of
this Act.
12.-(1) Where immediately before the appointed day British Telecommunications(a) are providing, or have acceded to an application for the
provision of, any services for any persons ; or
(b) are supplying, or have acceded to an application for the
supply of, any apparatus to any persons,
in pursuance of a scheme made under section 21 of the 1981 Act,
British Telecommunications shall be deemed to have contracted with
those persons for the provision of the services or the hire of the
apparatus as from that day.
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