SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 25E+W+S Minor and Consequential Amendments

The Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12)E+W

68(1)In section 98 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 (use of certain conduits)—E+W

(a)in subsection (7)(b), for the word “authority” there shall be substituted the word “person”;

(b)in subsection (8)—

(i)in paragraph (a), for the words “another authority” there shall be substituted the words “another person”; and

(ii)for the words “other authority”, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted the words “other person”;

and

(c)in subsection (9)—

(i)for paragraph (a) of the definition of “water authority” there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(a)in England and Wales, means the National Rivers Authority or a water undertaker;”

(ii)for paragraph (a) of the definition of “water main” there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(a)in England and Wales, means a water main within the meaning of the Water Act 1989 or any resource main within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 19 to that Act;”.

(2)In section 101 of that Act (general restrictions on disclosure of information)—

F1(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)in subsection (3), after paragraph (i) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(j)the Water Act 1989.”

(3)In paragraph 23(10) of Schedule 2 to that Act (undertaker’s works), in paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of “relevant undertaker”, after the word “undertaking;” there shall be inserted the word “or”.

Textual Amendments