PART 12STATUTORY UNDERTAKERS ETC.
Interpretation of terms relating to statutory undertakers
303Meaning of “statutory undertaker” and “statutory undertaking”
(1)
In this Act “statutory undertaker” means—
(a)
a person authorised by an enactment to carry on—
(i)
a railway, light railway, tramway or road transport undertaking,
(ii)
a water transport, canal or inland navigation undertaking, or
(iii)
a dock, harbour, pier or lighthouse undertaking;
(b)
a relevant airport operator;
(c)
the Civil Aviation Authority;
(d)
an air traffic licensee carrying out activities authorised by the licence;
(e)
a universal postal service provider in connection with the provision of a universal postal service;
(f)
an electricity licensee;
(g)
a gas transporter;
(h)
a person authorised by an enactment to carry on an undertaking for the supply of hydraulic power;
(i)
a water undertaker or sewerage undertaker;
(j)
Natural Resources Wales;
(k)
the Environment Agency.
(2)
In this Act “statutory undertaking” means the undertaking of a statutory undertaker, but—
(a)
references to the statutory undertaking of a relevant airport operator are to an airport to which Part 5 of the Airports Act 1986 (c. 31) applies;
(b)
the undertaking of a person who is an air traffic licensee is a statutory undertaking only so far as it is the person’s undertaking as a licensee;
(c)
the undertaking of a universal postal service provider is a statutory undertaking only so far as it relates to the provision of a universal postal service.