Territorial extent and application
The Act extends and applies to the whole of the UK.
	Telecommunications and wireless telegraphy are reserved matters under each of the devolution settlements: see paragraph C10 in Part II of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998, paragraph 83 in section C9 of Part 2 of Schedule 7A to the Government of Wales Act 2006, and paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
	National security is also a reserved or excepted matter under each of the devolution settlements: see paragraph B8 of Part II of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998, paragraph 32 in section B3 of Part 2 of Schedule 7A to the Government of Wales Act 2006, and paragraph 17 of Schedule 2 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998.