C1Part 4Marine licensing

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Offences

41Defences: electronic communications: emergency works

1

It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under section 39(1) in relation to any activity to prove that—

a

for the purposes of paragraph 23 of the electronic communications code (undertaker's works), the person is the operator or a relevant undertaker, and

b

the activity was carried out for the purpose of executing emergency works, within the meaning of that code.

2

In this section “the electronic communications code” means the code set out in Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act 1984 (c.12).