Section 303 Meaning of “statutory undertaker” and “statutory undertaking”I1

England and Wales Not yet in force

(1)

In this Act “statutory undertaker” means—

(a)

a person authorised by an enactment to carry on—

(i)

a railway, light railway, tramway or road transport undertaking,

(ii)

a water transport, canal or inland navigation undertaking, or

(iii)

a dock, harbour, pier or lighthouse undertaking;

(b)

a relevant airport operator;

(c)

the Civil Aviation Authority;

(d)

an air traffic licensee carrying out activities authorised by the licence;

(e)

a universal postal service provider in connection with the provision of a universal postal service;

(f)

an electricity licensee;

(g)

a gas transporter;

(h)

a person authorised by an enactment to carry on an undertaking for the supply of hydraulic power;

(i)

a water undertaker or sewerage undertaker;

(j)

Natural Resources Wales;

(k)

the Environment Agency.

(2)

In this Act “statutory undertaking” means the undertaking of a statutory undertaker, but—

(a)

references to the statutory undertaking of a relevant airport operator are to an airport to which Part 5 of the Airports Act 1986 (c. 31) applies;

(b)

the undertaking of a person who is an air traffic licensee is a statutory undertaking only so far as it is the person’s undertaking as a licensee;

(c)

the undertaking of a universal postal service provider is a statutory undertaking only so far as it relates to the provision of a universal postal service.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 303 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)