SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13E+WPROTECTIVE PROVISIONS

PART 2 E+WFOR THE PROTECTION OF OPERATORS OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS CODE NETWORKS

12.—(1) For the protection of any operator, the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule have effect, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Company and the operator.E+W

(2) In this Part of this Schedule—

the 2003 Act” means the Communications Act 2003 M1;

electronic communications apparatus” has the same meaning as in the electronic communications code M2;

the electronic communications code” has the same meaning as in section 106 (1) (application of the electronic communications code) of the 2003 Act M3;

electronic communications code network” means—

(a)

so much of an electronic communications network or infrastructure system provided by an electronic communications code operator as is not excluded from the application of the electronic communications code by a direction under section 106 of the 2003 Act; and

(b)

an electronic communications network which the Secretary of State is providing or proposing to provide;

electronic communications code operator” means a person in whose case the electronic communications code is applied by a direction under section 106 of the 2003 Act; and

infrastructure system” has the same meaning as in the electronic communications code and references to providing an infrastructure system are to be construed in accordance with paragraph 7(2) of that code; and

operator” means the operator of an electronic communications code network.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 13 para. 12 in force at 21.5.2020, see art. 1

Marginal Citations

M2See paragraph 5 of Schedule 3A (the electronic communications code) to the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21). Schedule 3A was inserted by Schedule 1 to the Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30).

M3Section 106 was amended by section 104(3) to (9) of the Digital Economy Act 2017.