SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 18Transitional Provisions

Applications for renewal of licences under 1990 Act and 1996 Act

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1

A provision set out in sub-paragraph (2) does not prevent the determination by OFCOM of a date falling less than one year after the making of the determination where—

a

OFCOM consider that the relevant date for the purposes of the section in question is a date which is not more than 15 months after the commencement date; and

b

the determination of the relevant date is made as soon as practicable after the commencement date.

2

Those provisions are—

a

section 53(12) of the 1990 Act;

b

section 103A(12) of the 1990 Act;

c

section 104A(14) of the 1990 Act;

d

section 16(12A) of the 1996 Act;

e

section 58(12A) of the 1996 Act.

3

An application which is made before the commencement date in accordance with a provision set out in sub-paragraph (5) shall be treated after that date as if it had been made in accordance with that provision as amended by this Act.

4

Where, in a case where a provision set out in sub-paragraph (5) applies, the relevant date for the purposes of the section in question is a date in the period of three months beginning with—

a

the commencement date, or

b

the day after the day on which the relevant date is determined,

that provision shall have effect as if the words “the day falling three months before” were omitted.

5

Those provisions are—

a

section 53(2) of the 1990 Act;

b

section 103A(2) of the 1990 Act;

c

section 104A(3) of the 1990 Act;

d

section 16(3) of the 1996 Act;

e

section 58(3) of the 1996 Act.

6

In this paragraph, the “commencement date”, in relation to any provision set out in sub-paragraph (2) or (5) is the date on which the provision of Schedule 15 inserting or amending that provision comes into force.