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Communications Bill
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              (a)             for “the telecommunications code” there shall be substituted “the

electronic communications code”;

              (b)             for “a telecommunications code system” there shall be substituted

“an electronic communications code network”;

              (c)             for “such system;” there shall be substituted “such network.”

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  126      In paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to that Act (powers of survey etc. in

connection with groundwater damage)—

              (a)             in sub-paragraphs (5)(b)(ii) and (7), for “a relevant

telecommunications licenceholder” there shall be substituted “a

provider of a public electronic communications network”;

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              (b)             in sub-paragraphs (6) and (7), for “or licenceholder” there shall be

substituted “or provider”; and

              (c)             in sub-paragraph (6), for “running of the telecommunication system”

there shall be substituted “provision of the public electronic

communications network”.

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Railways Act 1993

  127     (1)      Section 145 of the Railways Act 1993 (c. 43) (general restrictions on

disclosure of information) be amended as follows.

          (2)      In subsection (2)(b), for sub-paragraph (iv) there shall be substituted—

                           “(iv)                             the Office of Communications,”.

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          (3)      In subsection (3), after paragraph (qs) there shall be inserted—

                    “(qt)                      the Communications Act 2003;”.

Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993

  128     (1)      This paragraph applies to the following provisions of the Roads (Northern

Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/3160 (N.I. 15))—

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              (a)             Article 12(2) (road bridges over railways);

              (b)             Article 70(2) (consultation on exercise of power to erect structure on

road);

              (c)             Article 72(2) (control of scaffolding on roads);

              (d)             Article 73(2) (restriction on placing rails etc. over roads);

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              (e)             Article 78(2) (excavations in a road);

              (f)             Article 79(2) (placing of apparatus in or under roads);

              (g)             Article 82(3) (excavations near a road);

              (h)             Article 83(2) (alteration of wall, fence or drain at the side of a road);

              (i)             Schedule 9 (savings for telecommunications apparatus).

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          (2)      In each of the provisions to which this paragraph applies—

              (a)             for “a telecommunications code system” and “any

telecommunications code system”, wherever occurring, there shall

be substituted “an electronic communications code network”;

              (b)             for “telecommunication apparatus”, wherever occurring, there shall

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be substituted “electronic communications apparatus”;

              (c)             for “telecommunications code”, wherever occurring (except in the

expression “telecommunications code system”), there shall be

substituted “electronic communications code”;

 

 

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              (d)             for “that system”, “any such system” and “the system”, wherever

occurring, there shall be substituted, respectively, “that network”,

“any such network” and “the network”;

              (e)             for “the telecommunications code system” there shall be substituted

“the electronic communications code network”.

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Value Added Tax Act 1994

  129     (1)      The Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c. 23) shall be amended as follows.

          (2)      In section 33 (refunds of VAT in certain cases)—

              (a)             in subsection (3), for paragraph (j) there shall be substituted—

                           “(j)                             the appointed news provider referred to in section

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273 of the Communications Act 2003; and”;

              (b)             in subsection (5), for “a nominated” there shall be substituted “an

appointed”.

          (3)      In Part 2 of Schedule 9 (exemptions), in Note (1) in Group 12 (fund-raising

events by charities etc.), for “a telecommunications system (within the

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meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1984)” there shall be substituted

“an electronic communications network”.

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

  130     (1)      Section 163 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33) (local

authority powers to provide closed-circuit television) shall be amended as

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follows.

          (2)      For subsection (1)(b) there shall be substituted—

                    “(b)                      providing within their area an electronic communications

service which is distributed—

                           (i)                          only to persons on a single set of premises; and

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                           (ii)                         by an electronic communications network which is

wholly within those premises and is not connected to

an electronic communications network any part of

which is outside those premises;”.

          (3)      In subsection (1)(c), for “telecommunications system” there shall be

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substituted “electronic communications network or electronic

communications service”.

          (4)      After subsection (3), there shall be inserted—

              “(3A)                For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)—

                    (a)                   a set of premises is a single set of premises if, and only if, the

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same person is the occupier of all the premises; and

                    (b)                   two or more vehicles are capable of constituting a single set

of premises if, and only if, they are coupled together.”

          (5)      In subsection (4), for the definition of “telecommunications system” there

shall be substituted—

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                                      “‘premises’ includes a vehicle; and

                                      ‘vehicle’ includes a vessel, aircraft or hovercraft.”

 

 

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Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994

  131      In Article 12 of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/426

(N.I. 1)) (provisions as to telecommunications apparatus)—

              (a)             for “telecommunications apparatus”, wherever occurring, there shall

be substituted “electronic communications apparatus”;

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              (b)             for “the telecommunications code”, wherever occurring, there shall

be substituted “the electronic communications code”;

              (c)             for “a telecommunications code system”, wherever occurring, there

shall be substituted “an electronic communications code network”;

              (d)             in paragraph (3), for “that system” there shall be substituted “that

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network”.

Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995

  132      In section 302(9)(a) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46)

(interpretation), at the end there shall be inserted “nor an offence to which

Schedule 6 to the Communications Act 2003 (fixed penalties for wireless

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telegraphy offences) applies.”

British Waterways Act 1995

  133      In section 3(1) of the British Waterways Act 1995 (c. i) (interpretation), in the

definition of “relevant undertaker”, in paragraph (f), for the words from the

beginning to “in that Act)” there shall be substituted “any provider of an

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electronic communications network having any electronic communications

apparatus”.

Street Works (Northern Ireland) Order 1995

  134     (1)      Paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the Street Works (Northern Ireland) Order 1995

(S.I. 1995/3210 (N.I. 19)) (streets with special engineering difficulties) shall

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be amended as follows.

          (2)      For “telecommunication apparatus”, wherever occurring, there shall be

substituted “electronic communications apparatus”.

          (3)      In sub-paragraph (3)(c)—

              (a)             for “a telecommunication system” there shall be substituted “an

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electronic communications network”;

              (b)             for “a system” there shall be substituted “a network”.

Housing Act 1996

  135      In section 16(7)(a) of the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52) (use of electronic

communications by tenant in exercise of right to acquire dwelling), for “a

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telecommunication system (within the meaning of the Telecommunications

Act 1984)” there shall be substituted “an electronic communications

network”.

Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996

  136      In section 105(1)(b) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration

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Act 1996 (c. 53) (meaning of “construction operations”), for

 

 

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  136      “telecommunication apparatus” there shall be substituted “electronic

communications apparatus”.

Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996

  137      In Schedule 6 to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996 (c. 61) (planning

conditions), in the table in paragraph 6(4) and the table in paragraph 15(4),

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for “telecommunications masts”, in each place, there shall be substituted

“electronic communications masts”.

  138     (1)      Part 4 of Schedule 15 to that Act (protection of telecommunications

operators) shall be amended as follows.

          (2)      In paragraph 1(1), for “telecommunications operator” there shall be

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substituted “an operator of an electronic communications code network”.

          (3)      In paragraphs 2 to 4—

              (a)             for “telecommunications code”, wherever occurring, there shall be

substituted “electronic communications code”;

              (b)             for “telecommunications apparatus”, wherever occurring, there shall

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be substituted “electronic communications apparatus”;

              (c)             for “a telecommunications operator”, wherever occurring, there shall

be substituted “an operator”;

              (d)             for “any telecommunications operator”, wherever occurring, there

shall be substituted “any operator of an electronic communications

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code network”;

              (e)             for “the telecommunications operator”, wherever occurring, there

shall be substituted “the operator”;

              (f)             for “telecommunications system” there shall be substituted

“electronic communications code network”.

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          (4)      In paragraph 5—

              (a)             for “telecommunications apparatus”, wherever occurring, there shall

be substituted “electronic communications apparatus”;

              (b)             for “telecommunications operator”, in the first place where it occurs,

there shall be substituted “operator of an electronic communications

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code network”;

              (c)             for “telecommunications operator”, in each other place where it

occurs, there shall be substituted “operator”.

Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

  139      The Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2)) shall be

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amended as follows.

  140      In Article 44 (restrictions on disclosure of information)—

              (a)             in paragraph (3)(b), for head (vi) there shall be substituted—

                                 “(vi)                                   the Office of Communications;”;

              (b)             in paragraph (4), after sub-paragraph (v) there shall be inserted—

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                                 “(w)                                   the Communications Act 2003.”

  141     (1)      Schedule 3 (other powers etc. of licence holders) shall be amended as

follows.

          (2)      In paragraph 1(1)—

 

 

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              (a)             for “a public telecommunications operator” there shall be substituted

“an electronic communications code operator”;

              (b)             for “telecommunication system” there shall be substituted

“electronic communications network”.

          (3)      In paragraphs 4 and 6 for “public telecommunications operator” there shall

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be substituted “electronic communications code operator”.

          (4)      In paragraphs 3(1), (2) and (3), 5(1) and (2), 6(1) and 8—

              (a)             for “telecommunication apparatus”, wherever occurring, there shall

be substituted “electronic communications apparatus”;

              (b)             for “a telecommunication system”, wherever occurring, there shall

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be substituted “an electronic communications network”;

              (c)             for “telecommunications code”, wherever occurring, there shall be

substituted “electronic communications code”.

Construction Contracts (Northern Ireland) Order 1997

  142      In Article 4(1)(b) of the Construction Contracts (Northern Ireland) Order

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1997 (S.I. 1997/274 (N.I. 1)) (meaning of “construction operations”), for

“telecommunication apparatus” there shall be substituted “electronic

communications apparatus”.

Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997

  143      In Article 2(2) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland)

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Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/2778 (N.I. 19)) (meaning of “industrial waste” for

“telecommunication services”) there shall be substituted “communications

services”.

Wireless Telegraphy Act 1998

  144      Subject to any other amendment made by any other provision of this Act, in

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sections 1 to 4 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1998 (c. 6), for the words “the

Secretary of State”, “Secretary of State” and “The Secretary of State”,

wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “OFCOM”.

  145      In section 1 of that Act (charges for wireless telegraphy licences)—

              (a)                             in subsection (2)(b), for “the issue or renewal of the licence” there

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shall be substituted “the issue of the licence or the making of the

grant”;

              (b)             in subsection (3)(c), for the words “the Secretary of State thinks”,

there shall be substituted “OFCOM think”;

              (c)             in subsection (4), for the words “he thinks”, there shall be substituted

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“they think”; and

              (d)             in subsection (5), at the end there shall be inserted “or any grant of

recognised spectrum access made in accordance with regulations

under section 3A”.

  146      For section 2 of that Act there shall be substituted—

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