Telecommunications Act 1984

91 Construction of references to conclusion of proceedings

(1) Where proceedings for an offence under the 1949 Act or for the forfeiture of any apparatus under section 80 or 81 above have been terminated by any decision of a description against which an appeal will lie (whether by way of case stated or otherwise and whether with or without leave), those proceedings shall not be regarded as concluded for the purposes of section 83(1)(b) above—

(a) until the end of the ordinary time for appeal against that decision, if no appeal proceedings in respect of it are brought within that time ; or

(b) if any such proceedings are so brought, until the conclusion of the appeal proceedings.

(2) Subsection (1) above shall apply for determining, for the purposes of paragraph (b) of that subsection or section 80(9)(b) above, when any appeal proceedings are concluded as it applies for determining when original proceedings for an offence or (as the case may be) for the forfeiture of any apparatus under that section are concluded.

(3) References in subsection (1) above, as it applies in relation to any proceedings, to a decision terminating those proceedings, include references to any verdict, sentence, finding or order which puts an end to those proceedings.

(4) References in this section and in section 80(9)(b) above to appeal proceedings include references to an application for leave to appeal.