Paragraph 1

England and Wales

(1)

The following are the undertakings protected by this Schedule, that is to say—

(a)

the undertakings of the F1Agency,F2the Natural Resources Body for Wales, the Civil Aviation Authority, F3the Coal Authority and F4a universal service provider (so far as it is his undertaking in relation to the provision of a universal postal service);

(b)

the undertaking of any water undertaker or sewerage undertaker;

F5(c)

any undertaking consisting in the provision of an electronic communications code network;

(d)

any airport to which Part V of the M1Airports Act 1986 applies;

C1(e)

the undertaking of any public gas supplier within the meaning of Part I of the M2Gas Act 1986;

F6(f)

the undertaking of any person who holds a licence under Part 1 of the Electricity Act 1989;

(g)

the undertaking of any navigation authority, harbour authority or conservancy authority;

(h)

any public utility undertaking carried on by a local authority under any Act or under any order having the force of an Act.

F7(j)

the undertaking of any licensed operator, within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994.

F8(k)

the undertaking of a person who holds a licence under Chapter I of Part I of the Transport Act 2000 (air traffic services) to the extent that it is the person’s undertaking as licence holder.

F9(1A)

In sub-paragraph (1)(a) above “universal service provider” has the same meaning as in F10 Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011 ; and the reference to the provision of a universal postal service shall be construed in accordance with F11 that Part .

(2)

For the purposes of this Schedule any reference in this Schedule, in relation to any such airport as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(d) above, to the persons carrying on the undertaking is a reference to the airport operator.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 6 para. 1 substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22, para. 191 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
F2: Words in Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(a) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 339 (with Sch. 7)
F3: Words in Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(a), substituted (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 67, Sch. 9 para. 44(a); S.I. 1994/2552, art. 2, Sch. 1
F4: Words in Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(a) substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 90(2) (subject to art. 1(3))
F5: Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(c) substituted (25.7.2003 for specified purposes, 29.12.2003 in so far as not already in force) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 17 para. 116 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), Schs. 1 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3)); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(2) (with art. 11)
F6: Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(f) substituted (1.10.2024) by The Energy Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/706), regs. 1(1), 13; S.I. 2024/957, reg. 2(a)
F7: Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(j) inserted (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 67, Sch. 9,para. 44(b); S.I. 1994/2552, art. 2, Sch. 1
F8: Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(k) inserted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 37, Sch. 5 para. 16 (with s. 106); S.I. 2001/869, art. 2
F9: Sch. 6 para. 1(1A) inserted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 90(3) (subject to art. 1(3))
F10: Words in Sch. 6 para. 1(1A) substituted (1.10.2011) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 136(a); S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3
F11: Words in Sch. 6 para. 1(1A) substituted (1.10.2011) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 136(b); S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3

Marginal citations

M1: 1986 c. 31.
M2: 1986 c. 44.

Modifications

C1: Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(e) amended (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 16(1), Sch. 4, para. 2(2)(o); S. I. 1996/218, art. 2