British Telecommunications Act 1981

77 (1) As from the appointed day, the enactments specified in the following Table (which penalise the use of public telephone boxes for the purpose of making false calls for police assistance, giving false alarms of fire and the like, but are so framed that, unless amended, they will become of no effect on the appointed day) shall have effect as if—

(a) for any reference to a call box of the Post Office telephone service there were substituted a reference to a call box of the Corporation's telephone service ;

(b) for any reference to a telephone call box provided by the Post Office there were substituted a reference to a telephone call box provided by the Corporation ; and

(c) for any reference to a Post Office telephone call box there were substituted a reference to a Corporation telephone call box.

TABLE

1937 c. lxxx.	Section 83(2) of the [1937 c. lxxx.] Rotherham Corporation Act 1937.
1938 c. liv.	Section 176(2) of the [1938 c. liv.] Redcar Corporation Act 1938.
1938 c. lvi	Section 167(2) of the [1938 c. lvi.] Swinton and Pendlebury Corporation Act 1938.
1938 c. lxiii.	Section 211(2) of the [1938 c. lxiii.] Clacton Urban District Council Act 1938.
1939 c. lxv.	Section 89(2) of the [1939 c. lxv.] Tiverton Corporation Act 1939.
1939 c. lxxxvii.	Section 110(2) of the [1939 c. lxxxvii.] Macclesfield Corporation Act 1939.
1940 c. xxx.	Section 101(2) of the [1940 c. xxx.] Christchurch Corporation Act 1940.
1947 c. xlv.	Section 154(2) of the [1947 c. xlv.] Preston Corporation Act 1947.
1948 c. xxxviii.	Section 71(2) of the [1948 c. xxxviii.] Brighton Corporation Act 1948.
1948 c. xli.	Section 173(2) of the [1948 c. xli.] Ipswich Corporation Act 1948.
1949 c. li.	Section 89(2) of the [1949 c. li.] Barnsley Corporation Act 1949.
1951 c. xliv.	Section 178(2) of the [1951 c. xliv.] Worcester Corporation Act 1951.
1951 c. xlv.	Section 89(2) of the [1951 c. xlv.] Nottinghamshire County Council Act 1951.
1953 c.xli.	Section 85(2) of the [1953 c. xli.] Berkshire County Council Act 1953.
1956 c. xl.	Section 97(2) of the [1956 c. xl.] Gloucestershire County Council Act 1956.
1956 c. xlix.	Section 96(2) of the [1956 c. xlix.] Leicester Corporation Act 1956.
1958 c. vi.	Section 60(2) of the [1958 c. vi.] Kent County Council Act 1958.
1960 c. xliii.	Section 70(2) of the [1960 c. xliii.] Southampton Corporation Act 1960.
1960 c. xlix.	Section 41(2) of the [1960 c. xlix.] Hertfordshire County Council Act 1960.
1960 c. lii.	Section 60(2) of the [1960 c. lii.] Oldham Corporation Act 1960.
1961 c. xlv.	Section 30(3) of the [1961 c. xlv.] Devon County Council Act 1961.
1962 c. xxvi.	Section 10(2) of the [1962 c. xxvi.] Grimsby Corporation Act 1962.
1963 c. xxxvii.	Section 44(2) of the [1963 c. xxxvii.] Durham County Council Act 1963.
1966 c. xv.	Section 29(2) of the [1966 c. xv.] Exeter Corporation Act 1966.
1970 c. xxiv.	Section 14(2) of the [1970 c. xxiv.] Huntingdon and Peterborough County Council Act 1970.
1971 c. xv.	Section 107(2) of the [1971 c. xv.] Teesside Corporation (General Powers) Act 1971.
1971 c. xxxvi.	Section 63(2) of the [1971 c. xxxvi.] Surrey County Council Act 1971.
1971 c. l.	Section 44(2) of the [1971 c. l.] Stockport Corporation Act 1971.
1971 c. lx.	Section 61(2) of the [1971 c. lx.] Torbay Corporation (No. 2) Act 1971.
1971 c. lxiii.	Section 66(2) of the [1971 c. lxiii.] Oxfordshire County Council Act 1971.

(2) Any enactment contained in a local Act which is not specified in the above Table but is similar to any enactment so specified shall, as from the appointed day, have effect subject to the like amendment as is made by paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of sub-paragraph (1), as the case may require.