Paragraph 15 I1
England, Wales and Scotland
In this Part of this Schedule—
“the 2003 Act” means the Communications Act 2003f1;
“electronic communications apparatus” has the same meaning as in the electronic communications code;
“the electronic communications code” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the 2003 Actf2;
“electronic communications code network” means—
- (a)
so much of an electronic communications network or infrastructure system provided by an electronic communications code operator as is not excluded from the application of the electronic communications code by a direction under section 106 (application of the electronic communications code) of the 2003 Act; and
- (b)
an electronic communications network which the undertaker is providing or proposing to provide;
- (a)
“electronic communications code operator” means a person in whose case the electronic communications code is applied by a direction under section 106 of the 2003 Act;
“infrastructure system” has the same meaning as in the electronic communications code and references to providing an infrastructure system are to be construed in accordance with paragraph 7(2) (infrastructure system) of that code; and
“operator” means the operator of an electronic communications code network.
Annotations
Commencement
- I1
Sch. 9 para. 15 in force at 25.2.2026, see art. 1
Footnotes
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- f2
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See section 106 of the 2003 Act, which was amended by section 4(4) to (9) of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30). See also Schedule 3A to the 2003 Act, which was inserted by section 4 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Digital Economy Act 2017.