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Paragraph 51 F1

(1)

The Roads (Scotland) Act 1970 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

(2)

In subsection (6) of section 7 (power to divert waters after consulting local authority and other bodies acting under statutory powers), at the end there shall be inserted the words “ ; and in subsection (3) above the reference to a body acting under statutory powers includes a reference to the operator of a telecommunications code system (whether or not a body) acting in pursuance of any right conferred by or in accordance with the telecommunications code. ”.

(3)

For subsection (3) of section 9 (which applies section 7 of the M1Telegraph Act 1878 to work authorised by a scheme made by a highway authority) there shall be substituted the following subsections:—

“(3)

Paragraph 23 of the telecommunications code (which provides a procedure for certain cases where works involve the alteration of telecommunication apparatus) shall apply, for the purposes of any works authorised by a scheme made by a highway authority under this section, to the person authorised to do the works.

(4)

Sub-paragraph (8) of paragraph 23 of the telecommunications code (offence) shall be deemed to be omitted for the purposes of the application by this section of that paragraph to a highway authority in relation to a trunk road.”.

(4)

In section 50 (interpretation)—

(a)

in subsection (1), for the definition of statutory undertakers there shall be substituted the following definition:—

  • ““statutory undertakers” means—

    1. (a)

      any statutory undertakers as defined in section 275(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;

    2. (b)

      the Post Office; and

    3. (c)

      except in section 39(4) of this Act, the operator of any telecommunications code system;”;

(b)

after subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(2A)

Any reference in this Act to apparatus belonging to statutory undertakers shall, in relation to the operator of a telecommunications code system, have effect as a reference to telecommunication apparatus kept installed for the purposes of that system.”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 4 paras. 17, 19, 26 and 51 repealed (S.) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(3), Sch. 11

Marginal citations

M1

1878 c. 76.

Notes on Schedule 4

Modifications

C1

Definition of "telecommunications code system" in Sch. 4 applied by Heathrow Express Railway Act 1991 (c. vii), ss. 16(5), 17(2)

C2

Definition of "telecommunications code system" in Sch. 4 para. 1(1) applied (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 178, 225(2), Sch. 22 para. 1(4)(c).

C3

Definition of "telecommunications code system" in Sch. 4 para. 1(1) applied (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56, SIF 130), ss. 183, 223(2), Sch. 13 para. 1(5)(c)

C4

Definition of "telecommunications code system" in Sch. 4 applied by Strathclyde Regional Council Order Confirmation Act 1991 (c. xx, SIF 200), s. 1, Sch. Pt. IV s. 11(2).

Notes on The Roads (Scotland) Act 1970

Marginal citations

M1

1970 c. 20.