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Paragraph 14 I1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

For the protection of BT Group Plc the following provisions have effect, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and BT Group Plc.

(2)

In this part of this Schedule—

  • “the 2003 Act” means the Communications Act 2003(f1);

  • “BT apparatus” means all boxes, cables, poles and plant, associated cabling or ducting or such other electronic communications apparatus as is owned by BT Group Plc;

  • “BT apparatus map” means a map prepared by BT Group Plc showing the location of BT apparatus in or on the Order land;

  • “BT Group Plc” means British Telecommunications Public Limited Company (Company No. 01800000) whose registered office is at 81 Newgate Street, London, EC1A 7AJ which is an electronic communications code operator;

  • “Click Before You Dig” means the team within BT Group Plc charged with providing assistance to members of the general public in order to locate BT apparatus on land and includes any successor team within BT Group Plc with the same remit;

  • “electronic communications apparatus” has the same meaning as in the electronic communications code;

  • “the electronic communications code” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the 2003 Actf2;

  • “electronic communications code operator” means a person in whose case the electronic communications code is applied by a direction under section 106 of the 2003 Act;

  • “the highway” includes carriageways, verges, footpaths etc; and

  • “Network Alterations team” means the team within BT Group Plc charged with carrying out planned diversion and protection works to BT apparatus and includes any successor team within BT Group Plc with the same remit.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 9 para. 14 in force at 8.8.2017, see art. 1

Footnotes

f1

2003 c.21.

f2

See section 106.