# Pipe-Lines Act 1962, Section 40: Avoidance of interference with telegraphic, &c., lines.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Electrical apparatus forming part of a pipe-line shall be so constructed, installed and used as to prevent interference with any electronic communications apparatus kept installed for the purposes of an electronic communications code network or with the service provided by any such network or with any apparatus used by railway undertakers for the purpose of signalling, or of controlling, directing or securing the safety of, traffic on their railway or the proper functioning of such apparatus.
(2) Part 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, for the purposes of works in pursuance of a compulsory rights order, to the person authorised to execute those works.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/10-11/58/section/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pipe-lines-act-1962/section-40
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