Valid from 29/12/2003
6(1)Section 1 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (c. 54) (licensing wireless telegraphy) shall be amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (1)—
(a)for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted “ by OFCOM; ”; and
(b)in the proviso, for the words from “Provided” to “by regulations” there shall be substituted “ Provided that OFCOM may by regulations ”.
(3)After subsection (1) there shall be inserted—
“(1AA)Subsection (1) shall not apply to the use of a television receiver (within the meaning of Part 4 of the Communications Act 2003) for receiving a television programme or to the installation of a television receiver for use solely for that purpose.”
(4)In subsection (2), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted “ as OFCOM think fit, ”.
(5)In subsection (3), for the words from “revoked by” to “BBC” there shall be substituted “ revoked by OFCOM ”.
(6)In subsection (4), for the words from “notice in writing of” to “served”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “ notice in writing from OFCOM served by them ”.
(7)In subsection (5), for the words from “surrendered” to “so to do” there shall be substituted “ surrendered to OFCOM if required by them to do so ”.