Article 7 Lawful activities of statutory undertakers

England and Wales

(1)

Nothing in this Order or in any restriction imposed under it adversely affects the lawful activities of any statutory undertaker in exercising their statutory functions or authority.

(2)

In this article, “statutory undertaker” means—

(a)

any company licensed as a water supplier under section 17A of the Water Industry Act 1991^f1 or appointed as a water or sewerage undertaker under section 6 of that Act;

(b)

any person providing an electronic communications network or service or associated facility within the meaning of section 32 of the Communications Act 2003^f2;

F1(c)

any operator of an electronic communications code network (within the meaning given in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 17 to the Communications Act 2003);

(d)

any person licensed under Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986^f3 to act as a gas transporter, gas supplier, gas shipper, or participant in the operation of a gas interconnector; and

(e)

any person licensed under section 6 of the Electricity Act 1989^f4.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Art. 7(2)(c) 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. 37(2)

Footnotes

f1: 1991 c.56; section 17A was inserted by the Water Act 2003 (c.37), Schedule 4, paragraphs 1 and 2.
f2: 2003 c. 21. Section 32 was amended by S.I. 2011/1210.
f3: 1986 c.44.
f4: 1989 c.29; section 6 was substituted by section 30 of the Utilities Act 2000 (c.27) and was amended by the Energy Act 2004 (c.20), sections 89(3), 136, 143, 145 and Schedule 19, paragraph 5 and Schedule 23, paragraph 1; the Climate Change Act 2008 (c.27), Schedule 8, paragraph 2; and S.I. 2011/2704.