British Telecommunications Act 1981

10 (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 U.K.

(2) The Post Office shall cease to be deemed to be statutory undertakers and its undertaking a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely—

(a) section 20 of the National Parks and Access to the M1 Countryside Act 1949;

(b) paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the M2 Countryside Act 1968;

F2 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) Section 44(1) of the M3 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 shall have effect as if in the definition of “statutory undertakers” for the words from “the Post Office” to “sewerage)” there were substituted the words “ any public authority exercisign functions by virtue of any provisions of sections 14 and 15 of the Water Act 1973 (which relates to sewerage), British Telecommunications and, except in sections 1(4)(a), 3(2)(d) and 4(1) of this Act, the Post Office ”.

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

(6) This paragraph shall come into operation on the appointed day.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3 para. 10(1) repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 4 para. 3(2)(a), Sch. 5 para. 45, Sch. 7 Pt. I

F2 Sch. 3 para. 10(2)(c) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

F3 Sch. 3 para. 10(2)(d) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3).

F4 Sch. 3 para. 10(3) repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

F5 Sch. 3 para. 10(5) repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 4 para. 3(2)(a), Sch. 5 para. 45, Sch. 7 Pt. I (and Sch. 3 para. 10(5) is also expressed to be repealed in part (1.1.1993) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22), s. 168(2), Sch. 9; (E.W.) S.I. 1992/2984, art. 2(2), Sch. 2; (S.) S.I. 1992/2990, art. 2(2), Sch. 2).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 10(4) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M1 1949 c. 97.

M2 1968 c. 41.

M3 1976 c. 57.