Part 2Networks, services and the radio spectrum

Chapter 1Electronic communications networks and services

Grants for networks and services in Northern Ireland

I2I1150Grants by district councils

1

This section applies where a district council in Northern Ireland consider that it would be for the benefit of their area—

a

for a public electronic communications network or electronic communications service to be provided by a particular person;

b

for facilities to be made available by a particular person for the purposes of, or in connection with, the provision of such a network or service; or

c

for such a network or service that is being provided by a particular person, or for any such facilities that are being so made available by a particular person, to continue to be provided or made available.

2

The district council may—

a

undertake to pay to that person, and

b

pay him,

whatever sums they think appropriate for, or towards, compensating him for losses sustained in the provision of the network or service or in making the facilities available.

3

For the purposes of this section it is immaterial—

a

in the case of a network, whether any part of the network is situated in the council’s area; and

b

in the case of a service or facility, whether any of the persons to whom the service or facility is provided or made available are in that area.