{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-interconnection-regulations-1997/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-interconnection-regulations-1997/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2931",
  "legislation_title": "The Telecommunications (Interconnection) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-interconnection-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Collocation and facility sharing",
  "text": "(1) Where a Public Operator has the right under the Act to install facilities on, over or under public or private land, or may take advantage of a procedure for the expropriation or use of property, the Secretary of State and the Director in exercising their functions under the Act shall encourage the sharing of such facilities or property or both with other organisations providing telecommunication systems, in particular where essential requirements deprive other organisations of access to viable alternatives.\n(2) The Director may intervene to resolve a dispute concerning collocation or facility sharing at the request of either party. The Director shall take into account the matters listed in regulation 6(8) above. Where the Director intervenes, he shall take steps to resolve the dispute within six months of the date of the request. The resolution of the dispute shall represent a fair balance between the legitimate interests of both parties. The decision of the Director shall be notified to the parties and published in accordance with regulation 8(3).\n(3) The Director may specify facility or property sharing arrangements (including physical collocation) after an appropriate period of public consultation during which all interested parties must be given an opportunity to express their views. Such arrangements may include rules for apportioning the costs of facility or property sharing or both.\n(4) Public Operators shall comply with any decision made under sub-paragraph (2) above or any arrangement specified under sub-paragraph (3) above and for the purposes of sections 16 to 18 of the Act any such decision or arrangement shall be deemed to be a condition included in a licence under section 7(5) of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted for word",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/3449",
      "affecting_title": "The Telecommunications (Interconnection) (Number Portability, etc.) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/3449",
      "affecting_title": "The Telecommunications (Interconnection) (Number Portability, etc.) Regulations 1999"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2931/regulation/10",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}