The Communications Act 2003 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2003

New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 16)

6.—(1) This paragraph applies to the following provisions of the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968(1)—

(a) section 14(2) (exception to extinguishment of rights over land compulsorily acquired);

(b) section 19(1) (saving from power to override servitudes and other rights);

(c) section 24 (provisions as to telegraphic lines);

(d) section 26(8) (extinguishment of rights of way, and rights as to apparatus, of statutory undertakers); and

(e) section 36A (application of sections 35 etc. to operators of telecommunication systems).

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

(a) for “the telecommunications code”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “the electronic communications code”;

(b) for “a telecommunications code system” and “any telecommunications code system” wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “an electronic communications code network”;

(c) for “the running of the telecommunications code system”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “the provision of the electronic communications code network”;

(d) for “the running of such a system”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “the provision of such a network”;

(e) for “telecommunication apparatus” there shall be substituted “electronic communications apparatus”; and

(f) for “the system” and “such system” wherever occurring, there shall be substituted respectively “the network” and “such network”.

(1)

1968 c. 16.