Paragraph 41 I1

For the protection of any operator referred to in this part of this Schedule (save for BT Group Plc which is protected by Part 2 of this Schedule) the following provisions have effect, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the undertaker and the operator.

In this part of this Schedule—

• “the 2003 Act” means the Communications Act 2003^f1;

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

• “conduit system” has the same meaning as in the electronic communications code and references to providing a conduit system are to be construed in accordance with paragraph 1(3A)^f2 of that code;

• “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 Act^f3;

• “electronic communications code network” means—

  1. (a)

     so much of an electronic communications network or conduit system provided by an electronic communications code operator as is not excluded from the application of the electronic communications code by a direction under section 106 of the 2003 Act; and

  2. (b)

     an electronic communications network which the Secretary of State is providing or proposing to provide;

• “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; and

• “operator” means the operator of an electronic communications code network.