SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 17Minor and Consequential Amendments

Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989

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1

The Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22) shall be amended as follows.

2

For section 9(3) (requirement for licence to operate driver information systems) there shall be substituted—

3

The holding by a person of a licence under this section shall not relieve him of—

a

any liability in respect of a failure to hold a licence under section 1 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949; or

b

any obligation to comply with requirements imposed by or under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Communications Act 2003 (electronic communications networks and electronic communications services).

3

In paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 (application of telecommunications code to licence holders), for the words “(application of telecommunications code)” there shall be substituted “ (procedure for works involving alteration of electronic communications apparatus) ”.

4

In paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 (undertakers' works affecting driver information systems)—

a

in the definition of “relevant undertaker”, for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—

b

any electronic communications code operator;

b

in the definition of “undertaker’s works”, in paragraph (b), for “a telecommunication system run by him” there shall be substituted “ an electronic communications code network provided by him ”.