The Communications Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2003

Transitional provisions: section 348 of, and Part 4 of Schedule 14 to, the Act U.K.

5.—(1) In relation to times before the coming into force of section 350(2) of the Act, sections 5 and 88 of the 1990 Act and sections 5 and 44 of the 1996 Act (restrictions on holding licences) shall have effect as if, in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of each of those sections, the reference to any requirements imposed by or under Parts 3 to 5 of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act included a reference to any requirements imposed by or under Part 4 of Schedule 14 to the Act.

(2) In relation to times before the coming into force of the relevant amending provision, each of sections 5(7)(c) and 88(7)(c) of the 1990 Act M1 and sections 5(8)(c) and 44(8)(c) of the 1996 Act shall have effect as if the reference to any requirement imposed by or under Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act included a reference to any requirement imposed by or under Part 4 of Schedule 14 to the Act.

(3) In paragraph (2) above, in relation to each provision of the 1990 or 1996 Act mentioned there, “the relevant amending provision” means the following provision of Schedule 15 to the Act, that is to say—

(a) in the case of section 5(7)(c) of the 1990 Act, paragraph 3(7);

(b) in the case of section 88(7)(c) of that Act, paragraph 35(7);

(c) in the case of section 5(8)(c) of the 1996 Act, paragraph 78(6);

(d) in the case of section 44(8)(c) of that Act, paragraph 104(6).

Marginal Citations

M1 Sections 5(7)(c) and 88(7)(c) were amended by paragraph 12(3)(a) of Part 5 of Schedule 2 to the 1996 Act and by paragraph 13(3)(a) of that Part of that Schedule, respectively.