Communications Act 2003

139 (1) Part 4 of Schedule 15 to that Act (protection of telecommunications operators) shall be amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In paragraph 1(1), for “telecommunications operator” there shall be substituted “ an operator of an electronic communications code network ”.

(3) In paragraphs 2 to 4—

(a) for “telecommunications code”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ electronic communications code ”;

(b) for “telecommunications apparatus”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ electronic communications apparatus ”;

(c) for “a telecommunications operator”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ an operator ”;

(d) for “any telecommunications operator”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ any operator of an electronic communications code network ”;

(e) for “the telecommunications operator”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ the operator ”;

(f) for “telecommunications system” there shall be substituted “ electronic communications code network ”.

(4) In paragraph 5—

(a) for “telecommunications apparatus”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ electronic communications apparatus ”;

(b) for “telecommunications operator”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “ operator of an electronic communications code network ”;

(c) for “telecommunications operator”, in each other place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “ operator ”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 17 para. 139 in force at 25.7.2003 for specified purposes by S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3))

I2 Sch. 17 para. 139 in force at 29.12.2003 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(2) (with art. 11)