Telecommunications Act 1984

8 (1) Section 4 of the [1888 c. 12.] Electric Lighting Act 1888 (restrictions on placing electric lines etc.) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

(2) In subsection (1), for the words from " of the electric lines " to " telegraphic communication " there shall be substituted the words " of any telecommunication apparatus kept installed for the purposes of a telecommunications code system or of any other telecommunication apparatus lawfully kept installed in any position ".

(3) In subsection (2)—

(a) for the words from " telegraphic line " to " may ", in the first place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the words " any telecommunication apparatus kept installed for the purposes of a telecommunications code system or to affect the service provided by any such system, the Secretary of State may "; and

(b) for the words from " the telegraphic lines " to " may require " there shall be substituted the words " any telecommunication apparatus kept installed for the purposes of a telecommunications code system and the service provided by any such system as the Secretary of State may by or in pursuance of such notice prescribe; and in default of compliance with such conditions and regulations the Secretary of State may require ".

(4) In subsection (6), for the words from " to any electric line " to " telegraphic purposes " there shall be substituted lie words " to any electric line, being an electric line kept installed solely for the purposes of a telecommunication system, ".