# Communications Act 2003, Paragraph 139


(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 ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/schedule/17/paragraph/139 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/schedule-17/paragraph-139
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