Section 45 Provisions as to telegraphic lines.
England, Wales and Scotland
Notwithstanding anything in Part I of this Act, none of the rights or powers conferred thereby or by any order made thereunder shall authorise any interference with any F1F2electronic communications apparatus kept installed for purposes of F3an electronic communications code network or include any right or power to require any such apparatus to be altered.
Where F5opencast planning permission has been granted, F6Part 10 of Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 (the electronic communications code) (which provides a procedure for certain cases where works involve the alteration of electronic communications apparatus) shall apply F7for the purposes of any permitted activities to the person with the benefit of that permission.
Where in pursuance of an order made under . . . F8 section fifteen of this Act, a public right of way is suspended, and, immediately before the date on which that order became operative, there was under, in, upon, over, along or across the way to which the order relates F9 ... F10electronic communications apparatus kept installed for the purposes of an electronic communications code network, the operator of F11that network shall have the same rights in respect of that apparatus as if the order had not become operative:
Provided that this subsection shall have effect without prejudice to the provisions of the last preceding subsection.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words substituted by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 4 para. 38(2), Sch. 5 para. 45
- F2
Words in s. 45 substituted (25.7.2003 for specified purposes) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 17 para. 27(1)(a) (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3))
- F3
Words in s. 45 substituted (25.7.2003 for specified purposes) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 17 para. 27(1)(b) (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3))
- F4
S. 45(2), substituted by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 4 para. 38(3), Sch. 5 para. 45
- F5
Words substituted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 86), s. 39(3), Sch. 8 para. 12(a)
- F6
Words in s. 45(2) substituted (28.12.2017) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(6), Sch. 3 para. 5(2); S.I. 2017/1286, reg. 2(d)
- F7
Words in s. 45(2) substituted (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 52, Sch. 8 para. 34 (with s. 40(7); S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2
- F8
Words repealed by Coal Industry Act 1975 (c. 56), s. 5(3), Sch. 5
- F9
Word in s. 45(3) repealed (25.7.2003 for specified purposes and for further purposes 29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 19(1) Note 1 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3)); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(2) (with art. 3(3))
- F10
Words substituted by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 4 para. 38(4), Sch. 5 para. 45
- F11
Words in s. 45 substituted (25.7.2003 for specified purposes) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 17 para. 27(1)(d) (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3))
- F12
S. 45(4) substituted by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 4 para. 38(5), Sch. 5 para. 45
- F13
Words in s. 45(4) substituted (28.12.2017) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(6), Sch. 3 para. 5(3); S.I. 2017/1286, reg. 2(d)
- F14
Word in s. 45(4) substituted (immediately after Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), Sch. 3 comes into force) by The Communications Act 2003 and the Digital Economy Act 2017 (Consequential Amendments to Primary Legislation) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1285), reg. 1(1)(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(2)
- F15
S. 45(5) repealed by Coal Industry Act 1975 (c. 56), s. 5(3), Sch. 5