Part 2

Networks, services and the radio spectrum
Chapter 1

Electronic communications networks and services

Grants for networks and services in Northern Ireland

Grants by district councils
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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.