Article 7 Statutory undertakersI1

England and Wales

(1)

Nothing in this Order prejudicially affects the lawful activities of a statutory undertaker in exercising that undertaker’s statutory functions or authority.

(2)

In paragraph 1 “statutory undertaker” has the meaning given in section 262(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990^f1 and article 1(2) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995^f2 and includes—

F1(a)

a person operating an electronic communications code network within the meaning given in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003; and

(b)

any person or body carrying out coast protection work within the meaning of the Coast Protection Act 1949^f3 in accordance with any consent or approval under that Act.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Art. 7(2)(a) substituted (28.12.2017) by The Communications Act 2003 and the Digital Economy Act 2017 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1011), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 48(2)

Commencement

I1: Art. 7 in force at 1.7.2015, see art. 1(1)(c)

Footnotes

f1: 1990 c.8.
f2: S.I.1995/418. The definition of “statutory undertaker” was amended by S.I. 2001/1149 and 2011/2085.
f3: 1949 c.74. For references to “coast protection work” see sections 5, 6, 15 to 17, 19 to 22, and 27 to 28.