SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 17Minor and Consequential Amendments

New Towns Act 1981

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1

This paragraph applies to the following provisions of the New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64)—

a

section 16(2) (exception to extinguishment of rights over land compulsorily acquired);

b

section 19(2) (saving from the power to override certain rights);

c

section 24 (apparatus kept installed for purposes of telecommunications code system);

d

section 26(8) (extinguishment of rights of way and removal of apparatus);

e

section 39(7) (power of development corporation to transfer undertakings).

2

In the provisions to which this paragraph applies—

a

for “in accordance with the telecommunications code”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ in accordance with the electronic communications code ”;

b

for “a telecommunications code system” and “any telecommunications code system”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ an electronic communications code network ”;

c

for “telecommunication apparatus”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ electronic communications apparatus ”;

d

for “the running of the telecommunications code system” there shall be substituted “ the provision of the electronic communications code network ”;

e

for “the running of such a system” there shall be substituted “ the provision of such a network ”;

f

for “such system” and “the system”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted, respectively, “ such network ” and “ the network ”.