Rights of various persons and bodies6

1

Nothing in this Order shall affect prejudicially the exercise of any statutory power or authority from time to time vested in or exercisable by any person carrying on an undertaking falling within paragraph (2) below.

2

The following are the undertakings which fall within paragraph (1) above—

a

the undertaking of any water undertaker or sewage undertaker;

b

any undertaking consisting in the running of a telecommunications code system, within the meaning of Schedule 4 to the Telecommunications Act 19843;

c

the undertaking of any public gas supplier within the meaning of Part 1 of the Gas Act 19864;

d

the undertaking of any person authorised by a licence under Part 1 of the Electricity Act 19895 to generate, transmit or supply electricity.