Part 4Marine licensing
Chapter 3Enforcement
Offences
I187Electronic communications: emergency works
1
It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under section 85(1) in relation to any activity to prove that—
a
for the purposes of paragraph 23 of the Electronic Communications Code (undertaker's works), the person is the operator or a relevant undertaker, and
b
the activity was carried out for the purpose of executing emergency works, within the meaning of that Code.
2
In this section “the Electronic Communications Code” means the code set out in Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12).