Communications Act 2003, Schedule 3A, paragraph 2

The operator

SCHEDULE 3A The electronic communications code

2 In this code “operator” means—

(a) where this code is applied in any person's case by a direction under section 106, that person, and

(b) where this code applies by virtue of section 106(3)(b), the Secretary of State or (as the case may be) the Northern Ireland department in question.

Cases considering Schedule 3A, paragraph 2 3

AP Wireless II (UK) Limited v On Tower UK Limited

[2026] UKUT 286 (LC) · 29 July 2026Defines

The judgment applies the Code’s definition of operator and holds that no additional site-specific status test can be read into paragraph 33. (see paras [106], [122], [129])

On Tower UK Limited v AP Wireless II (UK) Limited

[2026] EWCA Civ 43 · 3 February 2026Defines

The court used paragraph 2 to describe the purposes for which a person may be designated as an operator under the Code. (see para [8])

Vodaphone Ltd v Potting Shed Bar and Gardens Ltd & Anor

[2023] EWCA Civ 825 · 14 July 2023Defines

Defines operator for Code purposes. The judgment records that Vodafone falls within that definition.

What each judgment says about Schedule 3A, paragraph 2 is in the case-law panel in the full Act.