2004 No. 697 (C.28)
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
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Office of Communications Act 2002 (Commencement No. 3) and Communications Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2004

Made
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 411(2) of the Communications Act 20031 hereby makes the following Order:

Citation1.

This Order may be cited as the Office of Communications Act 2002 (Commencement No. 3) and Communications Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2004.

Amendment of the principal Order2.

(1)

The Office of Communications Act 2002 (Commencement No. 3) and Communications Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) Order 20032 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In article 4, after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A)

Section 367 of the principal Act shall come into force on 9th March 2004 for the purposes of enabling regulations to be made under section 6(1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967 as amended by that section.”

(3)

In Schedule 2, for the entry relating to sections 363 to 368 substitute the following entry—

  • “Sections 363 to 366, 367 (so far as not already in force) and 368.”

Tessa Jowell
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Office of Communications Act 2002 (Commencement No. 3) and Communications Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) 2003.

The Order provides for section 367 of the Communications Act 2003 to come into force on 9th March 2004 for the purposes of enabling regulations to be made under section 6(1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967 as amended by that section. Section 367 is to come into force on 1st April 2004 for all other purposes.