# Telecommunications Act 1984, Paragraph 42


(1) In section 67 of the Water Resources Act 1963 (compulsory powers for carrying out engineering or building operations), after subsection (5) there shall be inserted the following subsection:—
“(5A) An order under this section shall not authorise the doing of anything to or in relation to any telecommunication apparatus kept installed for the purposes of a telecommunications code system.”.
(2) For section 130 of that Act (which applies section 7 of the Telegraph Act 1878 to engineering or building operations of a water authority) there shall be substituted the following section:—
“130 Paragraph 23 of the telecommunications code (which provides a procedure for certain cases where works involve the alteration of telecommunication apparatus) shall apply to a water authority for the purposes of engineering or building operations of the authority.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/12/schedule/4/paragraph/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-act-1984/schedule-4/paragraph-42
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