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Paragraph 16 I1

England and Wales

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 (electronic communications networks and services) of Part 2 (networks, services and the radio spectrum) of the 2003 Actf2;

  • “electronic communications code network” means—

    1. (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

    2. (b)

      an electronic communications network which the undertaker is providing or proposing to provide;

  • “electronic communications code operator” means a person in whose case the electronic communications code is applied by a direction under section 106 (application of the electronic communications code) of the 2003 Act; and

  • “operator” means the operator of an electronic communications code network.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 9 para. 16 in force at 12.10.2025, see art. 1

Footnotes

f1

2003 c. 21.

f2

Section 106 was amended by section 4(3) to (9) of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30); Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 was inserted by section 4 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Digital Economy Act 2017.