SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 8Transitional provisions, savings and transitory modifications
Part 1Transitional provisions and savings
17Penalties for offences: unauthorised use of wireless telegraphy station etc
In relation to an offence committed before 18th September 2003 (the date on which section 179 of the Communications Act 2003 came into force), each of sections 35(5) and 36(5) is to have effect as if for the words from “is liable” to the end there were substituted
is liable—
a
on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both;
b
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine or to both.