Land Drainage Act 1991

1 (1) The following are the undertakings protected by this Schedule, that is to say— E+W

(a) the undertakings of the [F1 Agency],[F2 the Natural Resources Body for Wales,] the Civil Aviation Authority, [F3 the Coal Authority] and [F4 a universal service provider (so far as it is his undertaking in relation to the provision of a universal postal service)];

(b) the undertaking of any water undertaker or sewerage undertaker;

[F5 (c) any undertaking consisting in the provision of an electronic communications code network;]

(d) any airport to which Part V of the M1 Airports Act 1986 applies;

(e) the undertaking of any public gas supplier within the meaning of Part I of the M2 Gas Act 1986;

[F6 (f) the undertaking of any person who holds a licence under Part 1 of the Electricity Act 1989;]

(g) the undertaking of any navigation authority, harbour authority or conservancy authority;

(h) any public utility undertaking carried on by a local authority under any Act or under any order having the force of an Act.

[F7 (j) the undertaking of any licensed operator, within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994.]

[F8 (k) the undertaking of a person who holds a licence under Chapter I of Part I of the Transport Act 2000 (air traffic services) to the extent that it is the person’s undertaking as licence holder.]

[F9 (1A) In sub-paragraph (1)(a) above “universal service provider” has the same meaning as in [F10 Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011 ]; and the reference to the provision of a universal postal service shall be construed in accordance with [F11 that Part ].]

(2) For the purposes of this Schedule any reference in this Schedule, in relation to any such airport as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(d) above, to the persons carrying on the undertaking is a reference to the airport operator.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 6 para. 1 substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22, para. 191 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

F2 Words in Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(a) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 339 (with Sch. 7)

F3 Words in Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(a), substituted (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 67, Sch. 9 para. 44(a); S.I. 1994/2552, art. 2, Sch. 1

F4 Words in Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(a) substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 90(2) (subject to art. 1(3))

F5 Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(c) substituted (25.7.2003 for specified purposes, 29.12.2003 in so far as not already in force) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 17 para. 116 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), Schs. 1 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3)); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(2) (with art. 11)

F6 Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(f) substituted (1.10.2024) by The Energy Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/706), regs. 1(1), 13; S.I. 2024/957, reg. 2(a)

F7 Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(j) inserted (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 67, Sch. 9,para. 44(b); S.I. 1994/2552, art. 2, Sch. 1

F8 Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(k) inserted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 37, Sch. 5 para. 16 (with s. 106); S.I. 2001/869, art. 2

F9 Sch. 6 para. 1(1A) inserted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 90(3) (subject to art. 1(3))

F10 Words in Sch. 6 para. 1(1A) substituted (1.10.2011) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 136(a); S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3

F11 Words in Sch. 6 para. 1(1A) substituted (1.10.2011) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 136(b); S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(e) amended (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 16(1), Sch. 4, para. 2(2)(o); S. I. 1996/218, art. 2

Marginal Citations

M1 1986 c. 31.

M2 1986 c. 44.