SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 17Minor and Consequential Amendments
Insolvency Act 1986
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1
The Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45) shall be amended as follows.
2
In section 233 (supplies of telecommunications services etc. in cases of administration or liquidation)—
a
in subsection (3), for paragraph (d) there shall be substituted—
d
a supply of communications services by a provider of a public electronic communications service.
b
in subsection (5), for paragraph (d) there shall be substituted—
d
“communications services” do not include electronic communications services to the extent that they are used to broadcast or otherwise transmit programme services (within the meaning of the Communications Act 2003).
3
In section 372 (supplies of telecommunications services etc. in cases of bankruptcy)—
a
in subsection (4), for paragraph (d) there shall be substituted—
d
a supply of communications services by a provider of a public electronic communications service.
b
in subsection (5), for paragraph (c) there shall be substituted—
c
“communications services” do not include electronic communications services to the extent that they are used to broadcast or otherwise transmit programme services (within the meaning of the Communications Act 2003).
4
In Schedule 2A (exceptions to prohibition on appointment of administrative receiver), in paragraph 10, after sub-paragraph (2) there shall be inserted—
2A
For the purposes of section 72D a business is also regulated to the extent that it consists in the provision of a public electronic communications network or a public electronic communications service.