F1 SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 16 Minor and Consequential Amendments
The Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12)
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The Telecommunications Act 1984 shall be amended as follows.
2
In section 98 (use of certain conduits for telecommunications purposes)—
a
for the words “the Electric Lighting Act 1882” there shall be substituted the words “the Electricity Act 1989”; and
b
in the definition of “electricity authority”, for the words from “an” to “1983” there shall be substituted the words “a person authorised by a licence under Part I of the Electricity Act 1989 to transmit or supply electricity”.
3
In section 101 (general restrictions on disclosure of information)—
a
in subsection (2)(b), after the words “Director General of Water Services” there shall be inserted the words “the Director General of Electricity Supply”; and
b
in subsection (3), after paragraph (j) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
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the Electricity Act 1989.