78(1)In section 63(3) of the 1981 Act (activities requiring consultation with the Secretary of State)—
(a)immediately before the definition of “the relevant period" there shall be inserted the following definition:—
““outside persons” means persons other than the Post Office, wholly owned subsidiaries of the Post Office, public telecommunications operators and subsidiaries of such operators;”; and
(b)in the definition of “the relevant purpose", for the words “British Telecommunications or a subsidiary of British Telecommunications" there shall be substituted the words “a public telecommunications operator or a subsidiary of such an operator".
(2)In section 85(1) of that Act (general interpretation) the definition of “outside persons" shall cease to have effect.