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<Text>In this Act “<Term id="term-statutory-undertaker">statutory undertaker</Term>” means—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>a person authorised by an enactment to carry on—</Text>
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<Text>a railway, light railway, tramway or road transport undertaking,</Text>
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<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
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<Text>a water transport, canal or inland navigation undertaking, or</Text>
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<Pnumber>iii</Pnumber>
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<Text>a dock, harbour, pier or lighthouse undertaking;</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>a relevant airport operator;</Text>
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<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/6/section/303/1/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2026/6/section/303/1/c" id="section-303-1-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
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<Text>the Civil Aviation Authority;</Text>
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<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
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<Text>an air traffic licensee carrying out activities authorised by the licence;</Text>
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<Text>a universal postal service provider in connection with the provision of a universal postal service;</Text>
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<Text>an electricity licensee;</Text>
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<Pnumber>g</Pnumber>
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<Text>a gas transporter;</Text>
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<Pnumber>h</Pnumber>
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<Text>a person authorised by an enactment to carry on an undertaking for the supply of hydraulic power;</Text>
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<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
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<Text>a water undertaker or sewerage undertaker;</Text>
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<Pnumber>j</Pnumber>
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<Text>Natural Resources Wales;</Text>
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<Pnumber>k</Pnumber>
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<Text>the Environment Agency.</Text>
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<Text>In this Act “<Term id="term-statutory-undertaking">statutory undertaking</Term>” means the undertaking of a statutory undertaker, but—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>references to the statutory undertaking of a relevant airport operator are to an airport to which Part 5 of the Airports Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/31" id="c00085" Prospective="false" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1986" Number="31">1986 (c. 31)</Citation> applies;</Text>
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<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/6/section/303/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2026/6/section/303/2/b" id="section-303-2-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>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;</Text>
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<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
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<Text>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.</Text>
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