Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Definition of "telecommunications code system" in Sch. 4 applied by Heathrow Express Railway Act 1991 (c. vii), ss. 16(5), 17(2)
Marginal Citations
14(1)Section 5 of the Official Secrets Act 1920 shall not apply to a public telecommunications operator.
(2)In subsection (6) of that section for the words from “in contravention" onwards there shall be substituted the following paragraphs:—
“(a)in contravention of the exclusive privilege conferred on the Post Office by section 66(1) of the British Telecommunications Act 1981; or
(b)an offence under section 5 of the Telecommunications Act 1984.”.