Paragraph 1

England, Wales and Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxix) omitted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026 Sch. 2 para. 226(a)(i)
Sch. 16 para. 1(1A) inserted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026 Sch. 2 para. 226(a)(ii)
Sch. 16 para. 3(1)(e) omitted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026 Sch. 2 para. 226(b)

(1)

The holder of a licence under section 6(1) of this Act shall be deemed to be a statutory undertaker and his undertaking a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely—

(i)

section 16 of the M1Public Health Act 1925;

(ii)

the M2Public Health Act 1936;

F1(iii)

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(iv)

Schedule 3 to the M3Water Act 1945;

(v)

section 4 of the M4Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

F2(vi)

the M5Water Act 1948;

(vii)

the National Parks and Access to the M6Countryside Act 1949;

(viii)

the M7Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951;

(ix)

the M8Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

(x)

the M9Opencast Coal Act 1958;

F3(xi)

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(xii)

section 17(10) of the M10Public Health Act 1961;

(xiii)

the M11Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(xiv)

Schedule 3 to the M12Harbours Act 1964;

(xv)

Schedule 6 to the M13Gas Act 1965;

F4(xvi)

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F5(xvii)

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(xviii)

section 50 of the M14Agriculture Act 1967;

(xix)

section 38 of the M15Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967;

(xx)

paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the M16Countryside Act 1968;

(xxi)

section 22 of the M17Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;

F6(xxii)

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F7(xxiii)

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(xxiv)

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(xxv)

sections 51 . . . of the M18Land Compensation Act 1973;

(xxvi)

sections 47 F8. . . of the M19Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973;

(xxvii)

Part III of the M20Control of Pollution Act 1974;

F9(xxviii)

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(xxix)

the M21Welsh Development Agency Act 1975;

(xxx)

sections 15(3) and 26 of the M22Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976;

F10(xxxi)

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(xxxii)

section 9(3) of the M23Inner Urban Areas Act 1978;

(xxxiii)

the M24Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979;

(xxxiv)

F11Part XVI of the M25Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980;

(xxxv)

section 53 of the M26Civil Aviation Act 1982;

(xxxvi)

section 30 of the M27Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982;

(xxxvii)

section 120 of the M28Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982;

(xxxviii)

section 2(2)(c) of the M29Cycle Tracks Act 1984;

(xxxix)

the M30Building Act 1984;

F12(xl)

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(xli)

paragraph 11 of Schedule 8 to the M31Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.

F13(xlii)

section 9 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990.

(2)

References in the M32Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 to a statutory company shall be construed as including references to the holder of a licence under section 6(1) of this Act.

F14(3)

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(4)

The references in sections 73(11)(c) and 74(11)(b) of the M33Highways Act 1980 to electricity undertakers shall be construed as references to the holder of a licence under section 6(1)(a) of this Act.

(5)

The holder of a licence under section 6(1) of this Act shall be deemed to be an excepted undertaker for the purposes of section 6 of the M34Water Act 1981.

(6)

F15Part 10 of Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 (the electronic communications code) (undertakers’ works) shall apply to a licence holder for the purposes of any works carried out by him.

(7)

The reference in section 82(4) of the M35Building Act 1984 (provisions with respect to demolition orders) to a person authorised by an enactment to carry on an undertaking for the supply of electricity shall be construed as a reference to a licence holder.

(8)

A licence holder shall be deemed to be a public undertaker and his undertaking a public undertaking for the purposes of section 125 of, and paragraphs 9 and 10 of Schedule 8 to, the M36Housing (Scotland) Act 1987.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(iii) repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 67, Sch. 11 Pt. II (with s. 40(7)); S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2
F2: Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(vi) and (5) repealed (E.W.) (01.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 3(1), 4(2), Sch. 3 Pt. I.
F3: Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xi) repealed (S.) (24.12.2010) by Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 6), s. 97(1), Sch. 3 para. 5 (with s. 91); S.S.I. 2010/401, art. 3(h)
F4: Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xvi) repealed by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(2), Sch. 5 Pt. III
F5: Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xvii) repealed (1.4.2019) by Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 8), s. 85(2), sch. 2 (with s. 83); S.S.I. 2019/47, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-22)
F6: Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxii)(xxiv) and words in para. 1(1)(xxv) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I
F7: Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxiii) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11 ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)
F8: Words in Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxvi) repealed (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)
F9: Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxviii), para. 3(2)(f) repealed by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(2), Sch. 5 Pt. I
F10: Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxxi) repealed (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 152, Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4
F11: Words in Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xxxiv) substituted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 135(2)(b) (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4
F12: Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xl) repealed (6.4.2006 for E., 16.6.2006 for W.) by Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), s. 270(4)(5)(f), Sch. 16; S.I. 2006/1060, art. 2(1)(e) (with Sch.); S.I. 2006/1535, art. 2(c) (with Sch.)
F13: Sch. 16 para. 1(1)(xlii) added by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(1), Sch 4 para. 17(a)
F14: Sch. 16 para. 1(3) repealed (14.11.2005) by Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (c. 36), s. 34(1), Sch. 3; S.I. 2005/2040, art. 3(r)
F15: Words in Sch. 16 para. 1(6) substituted (28.12.2017) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(6), Sch. 3 para. 28; S.I. 2017/1286, reg. 2(d)

Marginal citations

M1: 1925 c. 71.
M2: 1936 c. 49.
M3: 1945 c. 42.
M4: 1948 c. 17.
M5: 1948 c. 22.
M6: 1949 c. 97.
M7: 1951 c. 65.
M8: 1954 c. 56.
M9: 1958 c. 69.
M10: 1961 c. 64.
M11: 1962 c. 58.
M12: 1964 c. 40.
M13: 1965 c. 36.
M14: 1967 c. 22.
M15: 1967 c. 86.
M16: 1968 c. 41.
M17: 1968 c. 47.
M18: 1973 c. 26.
M19: 1973 c. 56.
M20: 1974 c. 40.
M21: 1975 c. 70.
M22: 1976 c. 57.
M23: 1978 c. 50.
M24: 1979 c. 46.
M25: 1980 c. 65.
M26: 1982 c. 16.
M27: 1982 c. 30.
M28: 1982 c. 45.
M29: 1984 c. 38.
M30: 1984 c. 55.
M31: 1987 c. 27.
M32: 1927 c. 36.
M33: 1980 c. 66.
M34: 1981 c. 12.
M35: 1984 c. 55.
M36: 1987 c. 26.