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(1)
Operator and ownership regulations may require the constitution of a
facility operator to be in accordance with provision specified in the
regulations.
(2)
5In the case of a facility operator that is a company, the regulations may
require the constitution of the company to be in accordance with provision
about—
(a)
the voting rights attached to, or other characteristics of, shares in the
company;
(b) 10the issuing of new shares in the company.
17
(1)
Operator and ownership regulations may make provision about the
ownership of facility operators.
(2) The regulations may—
(a) 15impose limitations on who may own a facility operator;
(b)
require the owners of a facility operator to consist of, or include, one
or more persons of a kind specified in the regulations.
18
(1)
Operator and ownership regulations may make provision about the conduct
20of the owners of facility operators.
(2)
The regulations may impose duties, restrictions or prohibitions in relation to
the exercise of rights or powers of owners (including a right or power to
exercise a vote attached to a share).
19
(1)
25Operator and ownership regulations may make provision about the
treatment of the revenues earned by a qualifying facility.
(2)
The regulations may restrict or prohibit the making of arrangements
affecting the destination of the revenues.
20
In this Schedule “information regulations” means regulations under
subsection (3) of section 34.
21 35Information regulations may make provision about the supply of—
(a)
financial information relating to a renewable electricity generation
facility;
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(b)
information relating to electricity generation at a renewable
electricity generation facility.
22
Information regulations may make provision about the supply of
5information by, or to, individuals and groups who are, or may be, interested
in exercising the right to buy (were it available to them).
23
Information regulations may make provision about the supply of
information by, or to, individuals and groups who are entitled to exercise the
10right to buy.
24
Information regulations may make provision about the supply of
information by, or to, individuals and groups who are exercising the right to
buy.
25
Information regulations may make provision about the supply of
information by, or to, individuals and groups who hold—
(a) stakes which they have bought through the right to buy, or
(b)
stakes which they have acquired after their sale through the right to
20buy.
26 In this Schedule—
25“body” means an incorporated or unincorporated body of persons;
“company” includes any other kind of incorporated body;
“designated promoter”, in relation to a renewable electricity generation
facility, means the promoter identified in accordance with
regulations under paragraph 4;
30“shares” includes any other instrument by which a person holds an
interest in the equity of an incorporated body;
“total installed capacity”, in relation to a renewable electricity
generation facility, means the maximum capacity at which the
facility could be operated for a sustained period without causing
35damage to it.
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Section 38
1
Regulations may provide for the licensing levy payable in respect of a
5charging period to increase or decrease over that period.
2
Regulations may provide for an amount of licensing levy payable by a
licence holder to be calculated by reference to the size of an area to which an
energy industry licence held by that person relates.
3 Regulations may provide for different categories of licence holders to pay—
(a) different amounts of licensing levy, or
(b)
amounts of licensing levy calculated, set or determined in different
ways.
4
Regulations may provide for a category of licence holder to be exempt from
payment of the licensing levy.
5
(1)
Regulations may provide for interest (at a rate specified in, or determined
20under, the regulations) to be charged in respect of unpaid amounts of
licensing levy.
(2)
Regulations may provide for unpaid amounts of licensing levy (together
with any interest charged) to be recoverable as a civil debt.
6
25Regulations may confer a function (including a function involving the
exercise of a discretion) on—
(a) the Secretary of State, or
(b)
any other person, apart from the Scottish Ministers or the Welsh
Ministers.
7
(1)
Regulations (including regulations of the kinds mentioned in paragraphs 3
and 4) may provide for a category of licence holder to consist of persons who
hold a kind of energy industry licence specified in the regulations.
(2)
The regulations may (in particular) specify any of the following kinds of
35energy industry licence—
(a) licences granted under a particular enactment;
(b)
licences of a particular description granted under a particular
enactment;
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(c)
licences, or licences of a particular description (including a
description falling within paragraph (a) or (b)), granted—
(i) before a particular time,
(ii) after a particular time, or
(iii) 5during a particular period.
8 In this Schedule—
“energy industry licence” means a licence falling within section 38(1);
“licence holder” means a person who holds an energy industry licence
10(whether the person was granted it or has, after its grant, acquired it
by assignment or other means);
“regulations” means regulations under section 38(1).
Section 49
1
15This is the Schedule to be inserted before Schedule 4 to the Communications
Act 2003—
Section 106
1 (1) This Part defines some key concepts used in this code.
(2) For definitions of other terms used in this code, see—
(a) paragraph 91 (meaning of “the court”).
(b) paragraph 101 (meaning of “occupier”),
(c) 25paragraph 103 (general interpretation),
(d)
section 32 (meaning of electronic communications
networks and services), and
(e) section 405 (general interpretation).
2 30In this code “operator” means—
(a)
where this code is applied in any person’s case by a
direction under section 106, that person, and
(b)
where this code applies by virtue of section 106(3)(b), the
Secretary of State or (as the case may be) the Northern
35Ireland department in question.
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3
For the purposes of this code a “code right”, in relation to an
operator and any land, is a right for the statutory purposes—
(a)
to install and keep electronic communications apparatus
5on, under or over the land,
(b)
to inspect, maintain, adjust, alter, repair, upgrade or
operate electronic communications apparatus which is on,
under or over the land,
(c)
to carry out any works on the land for or in connection
10with the installation, maintenance, adjustment, alteration,
repair, upgrading or operation of electronic
communications apparatus,
(d)
to enter the land to inspect, maintain, adjust, alter, repair,
upgrade or operate any electronic communications
15apparatus which is on, under or over the land or
elsewhere,
(e) to connect to a power supply,
(f)
to interfere with or obstruct a means of access to or from
the land (whether or not any electronic communications
20apparatus is on, under or over the land), or
(g)
to lop or cut back, or require another person to lop or cut
back, any tree or other vegetation that interferes or will or
may interfere with electronic communications apparatus.
4
25In this code “the statutory purposes”, in relation to an operator,
means—
(a) the purposes of the operation of the operator’s network, or
(b) the purposes of providing an infrastructure system.
5 (1) 30In this code “electronic communications apparatus” means—
(a)
any apparatus which is designed or adapted for use in
connection with the provision of an electronic
communications network,
(b)
any apparatus which is designed or adapted for a use
35which consists of or includes the sending or receiving of
communications or other signals that are transmitted by
means of an electronic communications network,
(c) any line, and
(d)
any other structure or thing which is designed or adapted
40for use in connection with the provision of an electronic
communications network.
(2)
References to the installation of electronic communications
apparatus are to be construed accordingly.
(3) In this code—
45“line” means any wire, cable, tube, pipe or similar thing
(including its casing or coating) which is designed or
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adapted for use in connection with the provision of any
electronic communications network or electronic
communications service;
“structure” includes a building only if the sole purpose of that
5building is to enclose other electronic communications
apparatus.
6 In this code “network” in relation to an operator means—
(a)
if the operator falls within paragraph 2(a), so much of any
10electronic communications network or infrastructure
system provided by the operator as is not excluded from
the application of the code under section 106(5), and
(b)
if the operator falls within paragraph 2(b), the electronic
communications network which the Secretary of State or
15the Northern Ireland department is providing or
proposing to provide.
7
In this code “infrastructure system” means a system of
infrastructure provided so as to be available for use by providers
20of electronic communications networks for the purposes of the
provision by them of their networks.
8 25This Part of this code makes provision about—
(a) the conferral of code rights,
(b) the persons who are bound by code rights, and
(c) the exercise of code rights.
9
30A code right in respect of land may only be conferred on an
operator by an agreement between the occupier of the land and
the operator.
10
(1)
This paragraph applies if, in accordance with this Part, a code right
35is conferred on an operator in respect of land by a person (“O”)
who is the occupier of the land when the code right is conferred.
(2)
If O has an interest in the land when the code right is conferred,
the code right also binds—
(a) the successors in title to that interest,
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(b)
a person with an interest in the land that is created after the
right is conferred and is derived (directly or indirectly) out
of—
(i) O’s interest, or
(ii) 5the interest of a successor in title to O’s interest, and
(c)
any other person at any time in occupation of the land
whose right to occupation was granted by—
(i)
O, at a time when O was bound by the code right,
or
(ii) 10a person within paragraph (a) or (b).
(3)
A successor in title who is bound by a code right by virtue of sub-
paragraph (2)(a) is to be treated as a party to the agreement by
which O conferred the right.
(4)
The code right also binds any other person with an interest in the
15land who has agreed to be bound by it.
(5)
If such a person (“P”) agrees to be bound by the code right, the
code right also binds—
(a) the successors in title to P’s interest,
(b)
a person with an interest in the land that is created after P
20agrees to be bound and is derived (directly or indirectly)
out of—
(i) P’s interest, or
(ii) the interest of a successor in title to P’s interest, and
(c)
any other person at any time in occupation of the land
25whose right to occupation was granted by—
(i) P, at a time when P was bound by the code right, or
(ii) a person within paragraph (a) or (b).
(6)
A successor in title who is bound by a code right by virtue of sub-
paragraph (5)(a) is to be treated as a party to the agreement by
30which P agreed to be bound by the right.
11 (1) An agreement under this Part—
(a) must be in writing,
(b) must be signed by or on behalf of the parties to it,
(c) 35must state for how long the code right is exercisable, and
(d)
must state the period of notice (if any) required to
terminate the agreement.
(2)
Sub-paragraph (1)(a) and (b) also applies to the variation of an
agreement under this Part.
(3)
40The agreement as varied must still comply with sub-paragraph
(1)(c) and (d).
12
(1)
A code right is exercisable only in accordance with the terms
subject to which it is conferred.
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(2)
Anything done by an operator in the exercise of a code right
conferred under this Part in relation to any land is to be treated as
done in the exercise of a statutory power.
(3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply against a person who—
(a)
5is the owner of the freehold estate in the land or the lessee
of the land, and
(b) is not for the time being bound by the code right.
(4)
In the application of sub-paragraph (3) to Scotland the reference to
a person who is the owner of the freehold estate in the land or the
10lessee of the land is to be read as a reference to a person who is the
the owner or the tenant of the land.
13
(1)
This paragraph applies to an operator by whom any of the
following rights is exercisable in relation to land—
(a)
15a code right within paragraph (a) to (e) or (g) of paragraph
3;
(b) a right under Part 8 (street works rights);
(c) a right under Part 9 (tidal water rights);
(d) a right under paragraph 71 (power to fly lines).
(2)
20The operator may not exercise the right so as to interfere with or
obstruct any means of access to or from any other land unless, in
accordance with this code, the occupier of the other land has
conferred or is otherwise bound by a code right within paragraph
(f) of paragraph 3.
(3)
25The reference in sub-paragraph (2) to a means of access to or from
land includes a means of access to or from land that is provided for
use in emergencies.
(4)
This paragraph does not require a person to whom sub-paragraph
(5) applies to agree to the exercise of any code right on land other
30than the land mentioned in that sub-paragraph.
(5)
This sub-paragraph applies to a person who is the occupier of, or
owns an interest in, land which is—
(a) a street in England and Wales or Northern Ireland,
(b) a road in Scotland, or
(c) 35tidal water or lands within the meaning of Part 9.
14 This Part of this code makes provision for—
(a)
40operators to assign code rights conferred by an agreement
under Part 2,
(b)
operators to upgrade electronic communications
apparatus to which such an agreement relates, and
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(c)
operators to share the use of any such electronic
communications apparatus.
15
(1)
Any agreement under Part 2 of this code is void to the extent
5that—
(a)
it prevents or limits assignment of the agreement to
another operator, or
(b)
it makes assignment of the agreement subject to conditions
to be met by the operator (including a condition requiring
10the payment of money).
(2)
In its application to England and Wales sub-paragraph (1) does
not apply to the following terms of an agreement under Part 2 of
this code—
(a)
terms in a lease which require the operator to enter into an
15authorised guarantee agreement within the meaning of the
Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 (see sections 16
and 28 of that Act);
(b)
terms in an agreement other than a lease which have a
similar effect to terms within paragraph (a).
(3)
20If an operator (“the assignor”) assigns an agreement under Part 2
of this code to another operator (“the assignee”), the assignee is
from the date of the assignment bound by the terms of the
agreement.
(4)
The assignor is not liable for any breach of a term of the agreement
25that occurs after the assignment if (and only if), before the breach
took place, the assignor or the assignee gave a notice in writing to
the other party to the agreement which—
(a) identified the assignee, and
(b) provided a contact address for the assignee.
(5)
30Sub-paragraph (4) is subject to the terms of any authorised
guarantee agreement or similar agreement entered into by the
assignor as mentioned in sub-paragraph (2).
(6)
In the application of this paragraph to Scotland references to
assignment of an agreement are to be read as references to
35assignation of an agreement.
16
(1)
An operator (“the main operator”) who has entered into an
agreement under Part 2 of this code may, if the conditions in sub-
paragraphs (2) to (4) are met—
(a)
40upgrade any of the electronic communications apparatus
to which the agreement relates, or
(b)
share the use of any such electronic communications
apparatus with another operator.
(2)
The first condition is that the main operator has exclusive
45possession of the apparatus.
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(3)
The second condition is that any changes to the apparatus as a
result of the upgrading or sharing have no adverse impact on its
appearance or no more than a minimal adverse impact on its
appearance.
(4)
5The third condition is that the upgrading or sharing imposes no
additional burden on the other party to the agreement.
(5)
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) an additional burden
includes anything that—
(a)
has an additional adverse effect on the other party’s
10enjoyment of the land, or
(b)
causes additional damage, expense or inconvenience to
that party.
(6)
Any agreement under Part 2 of this code is void to the extent
that—
(a)
15it prevents or limits the upgrading or sharing, in a case
where the conditions in sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) are met,
of any of the electronic communications apparatus to
which the agreement relates, or
(b)
it makes upgrading or sharing of such apparatus subject to
20conditions to met by the operator (including a condition
requiring the payment of money).
(7)
References in this paragraph to sharing electronic
communications apparatus include carrying out works to the
apparatus to enable such sharing to take place.
17 (1) This paragraph applies where—
(a)
this code has been applied by a direction under section 106
in a person’s case,
(b)
this code expressly or impliedly imposes a limitation on
30the use to which electronic communications apparatus
installed by that person may be put or on the purposes for
which it may be used, and
(c)
that person is a party to a relevant agreement or becomes a
party to an agreement which (after the person has become
35a party to it) is a relevant agreement.
(2) The limitation does not preclude—
(a) the doing of anything in relation to that apparatus, or
(b) its use for particular purposes,
to the extent that the doing of that thing, or the use of the
40apparatus for those purposes, is in pursuance of the relevant
agreement.
(3)
This paragraph is not to be construed, in relation to a person who
is entitled or authorised by or under a relevant agreement to share
the use of apparatus installed by another party to the agreement,
45as affecting any consent requirement imposed (whether by an
agreement, an enactment or otherwise) on that person.
(4) In this paragraph—
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“consent requirement”, in relation to a person, means a
requirement for the person to obtain consent or permission
to or in connection with—
the installation by the person of apparatus, or
5the doing by the person of any other thing in relation
to apparatus the use of which the person is entitled or
authorised to share;
“relevant agreement” means an agreement in relation to
electronic communications apparatus which—
10relates to the sharing by different parties to the
agreement of the use of that apparatus, and
is an agreement that satisfies the requirements of sub-
paragraph (5).
(5)
An agreement satisfies the requirements of this sub-paragraph
15if—
(a)
every party to the agreement is a person in whose case this
code applies by virtue of a direction under section 106, or
(b)
one or more of the parties to the agreement is a person in
whose case this code so applies and every other party to
20the agreement is a qualifying person.
(6)
A person is a qualifying person for the purposes of sub-paragraph
(5) if the person is either—
(a)
a person who provides an electronic communications
network without being a person in whose case this code
25applies, or
(b)
a designated provider of an electronic communications
service consisting in the distribution of a programme
service by means of an electronic communications
network.
(7) 30In sub-paragraph (6)—
“designated” means designated by regulations made by the
Secretary of State;
“programme service” has the same meaning as in the
Broadcasting Act 1990.
18 This Part of this code makes provision about—
(a)
the circumstances in which the court can impose an
40agreement on a person by which the person confers or is
otherwise bound by a code right,
(b)
the test to be applied by the court in deciding whether to
impose such an agreement,
(c) the effect of such an agreement and its terms,
(d)
45the imposition of an agreement on a person on an interim
or temporary basis.
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(1)
This paragraph applies where the operator requires a person (a
“relevant person”) to agree—
(a) to confer a code right on the operator, or
(b)
5to be otherwise bound by a code right which is exercisable
by the operator.
(2) The operator may give the relevant person a notice in writing—
(a)
setting out the code right, and all of the other terms of the
agreement that the operator seeks, and
(b)
10stating that the operator seeks the person’s agreement to
those terms.
(3)
The operator may apply to the court for an order under this
paragraph if—
(a)
the relevant person does not, before the end of 28 days
15beginning with the day on which the notice is given, agree
to confer or be otherwise bound by the code right, or
(b)
at any time after the notice is given, the relevant person
gives notice in writing to the operator that the person does
not agree to confer or be otherwise bound by the code
20right.
(4)
An order under this paragraph is one which imposes on the
operator and the relevant person an agreement between them
which—
(a) confers the code right on the operator, or
(b) 25provides for the code right to bind the relevant person.
20
(1)
Subject to sub-paragraph (5), the court may make an order under
paragraph 19 if (and only if) the court thinks that both of the
following conditions are met.
(2)
30The first condition is that the prejudice caused to the relevant
person by the order is capable of being adequately compensated
by money.
(3)
The second condition is that the public benefit likely to result from
the making of the order outweighs the prejudice to the relevant
35person.
(4)
In deciding whether the second condition is met, the court must
have regard to the public interest in access to a choice of high
quality electronic communications services.
(5)
The court may not make an order under paragraph 19 if it thinks
40that the relevant person intends to redevelop all or part of the land
to which the code right would relate, or any neighbouring land,
and could not reasonably do so if the order were made.
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21
An agreement imposed by an order under paragraph 19 takes
effect for all purposes of this code as an agreement under Part 2 of
this code between the operator and the relevant person.
22
(1)
An order under paragraph 19 may impose an agreement which
gives effect to the code right sought by the operator with such
modifications as the court thinks appropriate.
(2)
An order under paragraph 19 must require the agreement to
10contain such terms as the court thinks appropriate, subject to sub-
paragraphs (3) to (8).
(3)
The terms of the agreement must include terms as to the payment
of consideration by the operator to the relevant person for the
relevant person’s agreement to confer or be bound by the code
15right (as the case may be).
(4)
Paragraph 23 makes provision about the determination of
consideration under sub-paragraph (3).
(5)
The terms of the agreement must include the terms the court
thinks appropriate for ensuring that the least possible loss and
20damage is caused by the exercise of the code right to persons
who—
(a) occupy the land in question,
(b) own interests in that land, or
(c) are from time to time on that land.
(6)
25Sub-paragraph (2) applies in relation to a person regardless of
whether the person is a party to the agreement.
(7)
The terms of the agreement must include terms specifying for how
long the code right conferred by the agreement is exercisable.
(8)
The court must determine whether the terms of the agreement
30should include a term—
(a)
permitting termination of the agreement (and, if so, in
what circumstances);
(b)
enabling the relevant person to require the operator to
reposition or temporarily to remove the electronic
35communications equipment to which the agreement
relates (and, if so, in what circumstances).
23
(1)
The amount of consideration payable by an operator to a relevant
person under an agreement imposed by an order under paragraph
4019 must be an amount or amounts representing the market value
of the relevant person’s agreement to confer or be bound by the
code right (as the case may be).
(2)
For this purpose the market value of a person’s agreement to
confer or be bound by a code right is the amount that, at the date
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the market value is assessed, a willing buyer would pay a willing
seller for the agreement—
(a) in a transaction at arm’s length,
(b)
on the basis that the buyer and seller were acting
5prudently and with full knowledge of the transaction, and
(c)
as if the transaction were subject to the other provisions of
the agreement imposed by the order under paragraph 19.
(3) The market value—
(a)
must be assessed on the basis of the value to the operator
10of the agreement and having regard to the use which the
operator intends to make of the land in question (even if
the operator may only use the land in that way pursuant to
powers conferred by an enactment), and
(b)
must not be assessed on the basis of the value of the right
15or agreement to the relevant person.
(4) The market value must be assessed on the assumption that—
(a)
there is more than one site which the operator could use for
the purpose for which the operator intends to use the land
in question (whether or not that is actually the case), and
(b)
20paragraphs 15 and 16 (assignment of code rights and
upgrading and sharing of apparatus) do not apply to the
code right or any electronic communications apparatus to
which the code right could apply.
(5)
The terms of the agreement may provide for consideration to be
25payable—
(a) as a lump sum or periodically,
(b) on the occurrence of a specified event or events, or
(c)
in such other form or at such other time or times as the
court may direct.
24
(1)
The Secretary of State may by regulations amend paragraph 23 so
that it requires that the amount of consideration referred to in sub-
paragraph (1) of that paragraph—
(a)
must be assessed on the basis of the value of the right or
35agreement to the relevant person, and
(b)
must not be assessed on the basis of the value to the
operator of the right or agreement or having regard to the
use which the operator intends to make of the land in
question.
(2)
40Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) may also repeal paragraph
23(4).
(3)
Before making regulations under this paragraph the Secretary of
State must consult such persons as appear to the Secretary of State
to be appropriate.
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(1)
If the court makes an order under paragraph 19 the court may also
order the operator to pay compensation to the relevant person for
any loss or damage that has been sustained or will be sustained by
5that person as a result of the exercise of the code right to which the
order relates.
(2) An order under sub-paragraph (1) may be made—
(a)
at the time the court makes an order under paragraph 19,
or
(b)
10at any time afterwards, on the application of the relevant
person.
(3) An order under sub-paragraph (1) may—
(a)
specify the amount of compensation to be paid by the
operator, or
(b) 15give directions for the determination of any such amount.
(4) Directions under sub-paragraph (3)(b) may provide—
(a)
for the amount of compensation to be agreed between the
operator and the relevant person;
(b)
for any dispute about that amount to be determined by
20arbitration.
(5) An order under this paragraph may provide for the operator—
(a) to make a lump sum payment,
(b) to make periodical payments,
(c)
to make a payment or payments on the occurrence of an
25event or events, or
(d)
to make a payment or payments in such other form or at
such other time or times as the court may direct.
(6)
Paragraph 81 makes further provision about compensation in the
case of an order under paragraph 19.
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(1)
An operator may apply to the court for an order which imposes on
the operator and that person, on an interim basis, an agreement
between them which—
(a) confers a code right on the operator, or
(b) 35provides for a code right to bind that person.
(2)
An order under this paragraph imposes an agreement on the
operator and a person on an interim basis if it provides for them to
be bound by the agreement—
(a) for the period specified in the order, or
(b) 40until the occurrence of an event specified in the order.
(3)
The court may make an order under this paragraph if (and only if)
the operator has served a notice under paragraph 19(2) stating that
an agreement is sought on an interim basis and—
(a)
the operator and that person have agreed to the making of
45the order and the terms of the agreement imposed by it, or
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(b)
the court thinks that there is a good arguable case that the
test in paragraph 20 for the making of an order under
paragraph 19 is met.
(4)
Subject to sub-paragraphs (5) and (5), the following provisions
5apply in relation to an order under this paragraph and an
agreement imposed by it as they apply in relation to an order
under paragraph 19 and an agreement imposed by it—
(a)
paragraph 19(3) (time at which operator may apply for
agreement to be imposed);
(b)
10paragraph 21 (effect of agreement imposed under
paragraph 19);
(c)
in paragraph 22 (terms of agreement imposed under
paragraph 19), sub-paragraphs (1) to (6) and (8);
(d) paragraph 23 (payment of consideration);
(e) 15paragraph 25 (payment of compensation);