SCHEDULE 9Minor and Consequential Amendments
The Telecommunications Act 1984 (c.12)
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(1)
The Telecommunications Act 1984 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.
(2)
In section 10(4)(b) (exceptions and conditions in licence under section 7), for the word " streets " there shall be substituted the word " roads " .
(3)
In section 98 (use of conduits for telecommunication purposes)—
(a)
in subsection (5), for the word " streets" there shall be substituted the word " roads " ; and
(b)
in subsection (9), for the word " street" there shall be substituted the word " road " .
(4)
In Schedule 2 (the Telecommunications Code)—
(a)
in paragraph 1(1)—
(i)
the definitions of " maintainable highway" and " street" shall cease to have effect;
(ii)
“' public road' means a public road within the meaning of the Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950 other than one which is a footpath or a bridleway that crosses, and forms part of, any agricultural land or any land which is being brought into use for agriculture ;
' road' has the meaning given by section 1(3) of the said Act of 1950 ;”;
(b)
in paragraph 1(3), for the word " street" there shall be substituted the word " road " ;
(c)
in paragraph 1(4)—
(i)
for the word " street" where it first occurs there shall be substituted the word " road " ;
(ii)
for the words " street is a highway which " there shall be substituted the word " road " ;
(d)
paragraph 1(5) shall cease to have effect;
(e)
in paragraph 2(8)(a)—
(i)
for the word " street" in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted the word " road " ; and
(ii)
the words " (which for this purpose shall be deemed to extend to Northern Ireland)" shall cease to have effect;
(f)
in paragraph 3(5), for the word "street" there shall be substituted the word " road " ;
(g)
in paragraph 9(1), for the word " street" in the first, second and third places where it occurs there shall be substituted the word " road " ;
(h)
in paragraph 9(2)—
(i)
for the word " street" there shall be substituted the word " road " ; and
(ii)
for the words " maintainable highway " there shall be substituted the words " public road " ;
(i)
in paragraph 9(3), for the words " Special Roads Act 1949 " there shall be substituted the words " Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 " ;
(j)
in paragraph 19(1), for the word " street" there shall be substituted the word " road " ; and
(k)
in paragraph 21(10), for the word "street" there shall be substituted the word " road " .