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Communications Act 2003, Paragraph 172 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

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172(1)The Schedule to that Act shall be amended as follows.U.K.

(2)The following shall cease to have effect—

(a)paragraph 1(4);

(b)paragraph 8(5);

(c)paragraph 17(8) and (9); and

(d)paragraph 20.

(3)For paragraph 8(1) there shall be substituted—

(1)It shall be the duty of OFCOM so to conduct their affairs as to secure that their revenues so far as they —

(a)derive from the exercise of powers to impose charges or fees in respect of the carrying out of particular functions, and

(b)do not fall to be paid into the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom or of Northern Ireland,

are at least sufficient to enable OFCOM to meet the costs of carrying out the functions to which the revenues relate.

(4)After paragraph 14(3) (executive committees of OFCOM to include member or employee of OFCOM) there shall be inserted—

(3A)Sub-paragraph (3) has effect in the case of a committee of OFCOM which—

(a)is not the Content Board, but

(b)has functions that are confined to functions falling within section 13(2) of the Communications Act 2003 (functions within the Content Board’s remit),

as if the reference in that sub-paragraph to a member of OFCOM included a reference to a member of the Content Board who is not a member of OFCOM.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 17 para. 172 in force at 29.12.2003 by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)

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