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Electronic Communications Code definition

What does Electronic Communications Code mean? The Electronic Communications Code is the UK’s statutory regime governing how telecoms operators obtain and exercise rights over land to install, keep and operate electronic communications apparatus (for example mobile masts, rooftop sites, ducts, cabinets and fibre). It is set out in Schedule 3A to the communications act 2003, comprehensively recast by the Digital Economy act 2017 and further amended (including by the Telecoms infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Act 2021 and the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022). Key features include: “code rights” for operators with Ofcom-conferred powers to install, maintain, access, upgrade and share apparatus; the...

Electronic Communications Code in Scotland: operators’ rights, agreements, valuation, termination, removal and PSTIA 2022 updates

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Practice notes

This Practice Note outlines the principal provisions of the Electronic Communications Code (the ‘Code’), introduced by the Digital Economy Act 2017 (DEA 2017). It describes:

the scope of Code rights;
how those rights arise, whether by agreement between the parties or imposed by court order;
provisions for assignment, sharing and upgrading; and
how consideration and compensation are determined in Scotland.

The Code

The Code is set out in, and governed by, sections 106–119 and Schedule 3A, Part 1 of the Communications Act 2003 (CA 2003), inserted by DEA 2017, s 4(2) and Sch 1. Commencing on 28 December 2017, it replaced the earlier Electronic Communications Code in Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act 1984 (TA 1984), as amended by CA 2003.

The Code confers statutory rights on telecommunication operators to enable the establishment and operation of their networks and is designed to support the roll-out of digital technology, including 4G and superfast broadband, throughout the UK. It updates the previous Code, provides operators with enhanced statutory rights, and sets out how landowners and operators are to manage their agreements in relation ...

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