SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 17Minor and Consequential Amendments

139Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996

1

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

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”.