{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/schedule-17/paragraph-139",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/schedule-17/paragraph-139.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/21",
  "legislation_title": "Communications Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/17/paragraph/139",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "139",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Part 4 of Schedule 15 to that Act (protection of telecommunications operators) shall be amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph 1(1), for “telecommunications operator” there shall be substituted “ an operator of an electronic communications code network ”.\n(3) In paragraphs 2 to 4—\n(a) for “telecommunications code”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ electronic communications code ”;\n(b) for “telecommunications apparatus”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ electronic communications apparatus ”;\n(c) for “a telecommunications operator”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ an operator ”;\n(d) for “any telecommunications operator”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ any operator of an electronic communications code network ”;\n(e) for “the telecommunications operator”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ the operator ”;\n(f) for “telecommunications system” there shall be substituted “ electronic communications code network ”.\n(4) In paragraph 5—\n(a) for “telecommunications apparatus”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ electronic communications apparatus ”;\n(b) for “telecommunications operator”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “ operator of an electronic communications code network ”;\n(c) for “telecommunications operator”, in each other place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “ operator ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "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))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2016/25",
      "affecting_title": "Investigatory Powers Act 2016"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/schedule/17/paragraph/139",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:16.154105+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}