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ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note is drafted in the context of the previous/old electronic communications code (the previous Code) (and highlights drafting points and due diligence where a property may be subject to telecommunications leases under the previous Code), but the contents remain relevant for the purposes of the transitional provisions set out in the new Code. It is not maintained and is for background information purposes only.

The new Code (under Schedule 3A, Part 1 to the Communications Act 2003) came into force on 28 December 2017. The transitional provisions in the new Code, set out in Schedule 2 to the Digital Economy Act 2017, provide that while subsisting agreements under the previous Code (ie an agreement under paragraph 2 or 3 or a court order granting Code rights under paragraph 5 of the previous Code) will continue to have effect as an agreement under the new Code, this is subject to modifications, including in relation to termination in respect of certain subsisting agreements. The transitional provisions