Telecommunications Act 1984
c. 12
he may grant a search warrant conferring power on any person
or persons authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State
and named in the warrant to enter and search the premises specified in the information at any time within one month from the
date of the warrant.
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(2) A person who intentionally obstructs a person in the exercise of powers conferred on him under this section shall be
guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a
fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(3) A person who discloses, otherwise than for the purposes
of this Part or of a report of proceedings under it, any information obtained by means of an exercise of powers conferred by
this section, being information relating to a manufacturing process or trade secret, shall be guilty of an offence and liable(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the
statutory maximum ;
to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.
(b) on conviction on indictment,
(4) In the application of this section to Scotland, for the reference to a justice of the peace there shall be substituted a reference to the sheriff and for any reference to information on oath
there shall be substituted a reference to evidence on oath.
(5) In the application of this section to Northern Ireland, for
the reference to a justice of the peace there shall be substituted
a reference to a resident magistrate and for any reference to information on oath there shall be substituted a reference to complaint on oath.
PART
V
TRANSFER OF UNDERTAKING OF BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Vesting of property etc. of British Telecommunications in a
company nominated by the Secretary of State
60.-(1) On such day as the Secretary of State may by order Vesting of
appoint for the purposes of this Part (in this Act referred to as Property etc.
British
" the transfer date "), all the property, rights and liabilities (other of
Telecomthan the excepted liabilities) to which British Telecommunica- munications
tions was entitled or subject immediately before that date shall in a company
(subject to the following provisions of this section) become by nominated by
Secretary
virtue of this section property, rights and liabilities of a company theState.
of
nominated for the purposes of this section by the Secretary of
State (in this Act referred to as " the successor company ").