SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 17Minor and Consequential Amendments

Highways Act 1980

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1

This paragraph applies to the following provisions of that Act—

a

the definition of “statutory undertakers” in section 144(6) (power to erect flagpoles etc. on highways);

b

the definition of “statutory undertakers” in section 169(4) (control of scaffolding on highways);

c

the definition of “statutory undertakers” in section 170(3) (control of mixing mortar etc. on highways);

d

section 177(4) and (12) (licence to build over highway not to interfere with telecommunications code systems);

e

section 178(5) (exceptions to restriction on placing rails etc. over highways);

f

section 329(4A) (interpretation);

g

section 334 (savings for operators of telecommunications code systems).

2

In the provisions to which this paragraph applies—

a

for “a telecommunications code system” and “any telecommunications code system”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ an electronic communications code network ”;

b

for “the telecommunications code system” there shall be substituted “ the electronic communications code network ”;

c

for “telecommunication apparatus”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ electronic communications apparatus ”;

d

for “telecommunications code”, wherever occurring (except in the expression “telecommunications code system”), there shall be substituted “ electronic communications code ”;

e

for “system”, wherever occurring (except in the expression “telecommunications code system”), there shall be substituted “ network ”.