Enactments relating to statutory undertakers etc.E+W+S
1(1)The holder of a licence under section 6(1) of this Act shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker and his undertaking a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely—E+W+S
(i)section 16 of the Public Health Act 1925;
(ii)the Public Health Act 1936;
(iii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(iv)Schedule 3 to the Water Act 1945;
(v)section 4 of the Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;
[(vi)the Water Act 1948;]
(vii)the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949;
(viii)the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951;
(ix)the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;
(x)the Opencast Coal Act 1958;
(xi). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(xii)section 17(10) of the Public Health Act 1961;
(xiii)the Pipe-lines Act 1962;
(xiv)Schedule 3 to the Harbours Act 1964;
(xv)Schedule 6 to the Gas Act 1965;
(xvi). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(xvii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(xviii)section 50 of the Agriculture Act 1967;
(xix)section 38 of the Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967;
(xx)paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the Countryside Act 1968;
(xxi)section 22 of the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;
(xxii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(xxiii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(xxiv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(xxv)sections 51 . . . of the Land Compensation Act 1973;
(xxvi)sections 47 . . . of the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973;
(xxvii)Part III of the Control of Pollution Act 1974;
(xxviii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(xxix)the Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;
(xxx)sections 15(3) and 26 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;
(xxxi). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(xxxii)section 9(3) of the Inner Urban Areas Act 1978;
(xxxiii)the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979;
(xxxiv)[Part] XVI of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;
(xxxv)section 53 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982;
(xxxvi)section 30 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;
(xxxvii)section 120 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982;
(xxxviii)section 2(2)(c) of the Cycle Tracks Act 1984;
(xxxix)the Building Act 1984;
(xl). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(xli)paragraph 11 of Schedule 8 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.
[(xlii)section 9 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990.]
(2)References in the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 to a statutory company shall be construed as including references to the holder of a licence under section 6(1) of this Act.
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)The references in sections 73(11)(c) and 74(11)(b) of the Highways Act 1980 to electricity undertakers shall be construed as references to the holder of a licence under section 6(1)(a) of this Act.
[(5)The holder of a licence under section 6(1) of this Act shall be deemed to be an excepted undertaker for the purposes of section 6 of the Water Act 1981.]
(6)[Part 10 of Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 (the electronic communications code)] (undertakers’ works) shall apply to a licence holder for the purposes of any works carried out by him.
(7)The reference in section 82(4) of the Building Act 1984 (provisions with respect to demolition orders) to a person authorised by an enactment to carry on an undertaking for the supply of electricity shall be construed as a reference to a licence holder.
(8)A licence holder shall be deemed to be a public undertaker and his undertaking a public undertaking for the purposes of section 125 of, and paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule 8 to, the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.
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2(1)A licence holder who is entitled to exercise any power conferred by Schedule 3 or 4 to this Act shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker for the purposes of section 66 of the Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967 and section 11 of the Countryside Act 1968.E+W+S
(2)A licence holder who is entitled to exercise any power conferred by Schedule 3 to this Act shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker and his undertaking a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely—
(a)the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;
(b)the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e)section 120 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;
(f)the New Towns Act 1981;
(g)the Acquisition of Land Act 1981; and
(h)sections 47, 48, 49 and 51 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Civil Aviation Act 1982.
(3)The reference in section 48(6) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 to an electricity undertaker shall be construed as a reference to a licence holder who is entitled to exercise any power conferred by Schedule 4 to this Act.
(4)A licence holder who is entitled to exercise any power conferred by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker and his undertaking a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely—
(a)section 26 of the Public Health Act 1925;
(b)section 17(1)(b) of the Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945;
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d)the Highways Act 1980; and
(e)sections 296 and 611 of the Housing Act 1985.
(5)References in the following enactments, namely—
(a)section 6 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953;
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)sections 176 and 185 of the Highways Act 1980; and
(d)paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;
to electricity undertakers shall be construed as references to licence holders entitled to exercise any power conferred by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act.
(6)A licence holder entitled to exercise any power conferred by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act shall be deemed to be a public utility undertaker for the purposes of the Highways Act 1980 . . ..
(7)A licence holder who is entitled to exercise any power conferred by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to this Act shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker and his undertaking a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely—
(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.
(8)References in the Local Government (Omnibus Shelters and Queue Barriers) (Scotland) Act 1958 . . . to electricity undertakers shall be construed as references to licence holders entitled to exercise any power conferred by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to this Act.
(9)It is immaterial for the purposes of this paragraph whether any power conferred by, or by any provision of, Schedule 3 or 4 to this Act on the holder of a licence under section 6(1)(a) or (2) of this Act is qualified by restrictions, exceptions or conditions included in the licence.
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3(1)In the following enactments, namely—E+W+S
[(a)the Water Act 1948;]
(b)section 39 of the Opencast Coal Act 1958 except in its application to Scotland;
(c)paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Gas Act 1965;
(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e)the Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;
(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(g)the New Towns Act 1981,
“the appropriate Minister”, in relation to a a licence holder, shall mean the [Secretary of State for Trade and Industry].
(2)In the following enactments, namely—
(a)section 39 of the Opencast Coal Act 1958 in its application to Scotland;
(b)the Pipe-lines Act 1962;
(c)Schedule 3 to the Harbours Act 1964;
(d)the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;
(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(g)section 121 of the Highways Act 1980;
(h)the Acquisition of Land Act 1981,
[(i)section 9 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990;]
“the appropriate Minister”, in relation to a licence holder, shall mean the Secretary of State.
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