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LNB NEWS: Changes to Electronic Communications Code announced

27 February 2023
Categories: Legal News , Technology , Property
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The Law Society has announced changes to the Electronic Communications Code which regulates the rights of telecommunications operators to install and maintain apparatus.

Lexis®Library update: The changes will be introduced by the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022. The changes under sections 57, 60 and 75 have already come into force, while sections 58 and 59 will come into force from 17 April 2023.

The changes are as follows:

• the introduction of a ‘sharing’ right into the general menu of code rights, together with related code rights (section 57)

• a new power to fly lines from apparatus including poles, and related rights to upgrade or share the apparatus (section 60)

• the meaning of the code for the purposes of the legislation (section 75)

• rights to upgrade and share apparatus underground (section 58 and section 59)

Source: Changes to the Electronic Communications Code

This content was first published by LNB News / Lexis®Library, a LexisNexis® company, on 24 February 2023 and is published with permission. Further information can be found at: www.lexisnexis.co.uk.

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