Part II Provision of Telecommunication Services
Acquisition etc. of land by public telecommunications operators
Part IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Part V Transfer of Undertaking of British Telecommunications
60. Vesting of property etc. of British Telecommunications in a company nominated by the Secretary of State.
62. Conversion of certain loans transferred to the successor company.
63. Government investment in securities of the successor company.
64. Exercise of Secretary of State’s functions through nominees.
67. Temporary restrictions on successor company’s borrowings etc.
68. Liability of Secretary of State in respect of liabilities vesting in successor company.
Part VI Provisions Relating to Wireless Telegraphy
Amendment and enforcement of Wireless Telegraphy Acts
74. Restriction on revocation or variation of certain wireless telegraphy licences.
75. Alteration of penalties and mode of trial for certain offences under the 1949 Act.
76. Arrest without warrant for certain offences under the 1949 Act.
77. Substitution of new section for section 7 of the 1967 Act.
79. Seizure of apparatus and other property used in committing certain offences under the 1949 Act.
80. Proceedings in England and Wales or Northern Ireland for forfeiture of restricted apparatus.
81. Proceedings in Scotland for forfeiture of restricted apparatus.
83. Disposal of apparatus and other property seized by virtue of section 79.
SCHEDULES
Director General of Telecommunications
1.There shall be paid to the Director such remuneration, and...
5.In the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 in Part...
6.The Director shall have an official seal for the authentication...
7.The Documentary Evidence Act 1868 shall have effect as if...
8.Anything authorised or required by or under this Act or...
Penalties and Mode of Trial under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949
Minor and Consequential Amendments
The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947
The Lough Neagh and Lower Bann Drainage and Navigation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955
The Local Government (Omnibus Shelters and Queue Barriers) (Scotland) Act 1958
The Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1973
The Planning Blight (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1981
The London Building Acts and enactments relating to highways, etc.
General Transitional Provisions and Savings
Part I Provisions and Savings coming into force on Appointed Day
1.(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a...
5.A compulsory purchase order made under section 38 or 39...
6.An application for a vesting order made under section 40...
7.An authorisation given by British Telecommunications under section 41, 42...
9.An undertaking given, or having effect as if given, under...
10.A direction given, or having effect as if given, under...
11.Nothing done, on or after the appointed day, under, and...
12.(1) Where immediately before the appointed day British Telecommunications—
13.Nothing in this Act shall affect the operation of section...
14.Nothing in this Act shall affect the operation of section...
15.Nothing in this Act shall affect the operation of section...
16.Subject to paragraph 4 above and paragraph 26 below, nothing...
17.Nothing in this Act shall affect the operation of section...
18.Subject to paragraph 49 below, nothing in this Act shall...
19.Subject to paragraph 50 below, nothing in this Act shall...
Part II Provisions and Savings Coming into Force on Transfer Date
22.An approval given under section 20(1) of this Act which...
23.An approval given, or having effect as if given, under...
24.An approval given under section 24(1) of this Act which...
25.A recognition given under section 27(1) of this Act which...
27.A compulsory purchase order made, or having effect as if...
28.An application for a vesting order made, or having effect...
29.An authorisation given, or having effect as if given, by...
32.An undertaking given, or having effect as if given, to...
34.(1) For the purposes of authorising the making, in relation...
35.Where immediately before the transfer date there is in force...
36.(1) Except as otherwise provided by the foregoing provisions of...
38.(1) It shall be the duty of British Telecommunications and...
39.(1) During the transitional period it shall be the duty...
40.(1) Notwithstanding the repeal of subsection (12) of section 6...
41.For the purpose of enabling anything which, on the transfer...
42.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, nothing in this Act...
44.Nothing in this Act shall affect the operation of section...
45.Where by virtue of anything done before the transfer date,...
46.(1) Section 6(2) of the Commonwealth Telegraph Act 1949 shall...
50.An order under section 6 of the Local Government (Scotland)...
51.(1) Where a distribution is proposed to be declared during...
1.(1) For the purpose of making, in relation to agreements...
2.Any reference to an agreement to which Schedule 5 applies...
4.The reference in paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to paragraph...
8.The third reference in paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 5 to...
9.The reference in paragraph 14 of Schedule 5 to paragraph...
10.The excepted case stated in paragraph 16 of Schedule 5...
13.The first and third references in paragraph 20(2) of Schedule...
14.Nothing in this Schedule shall affect the operation of Schedule...