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Communications Act 2003

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Version Superseded: 08/02/2007

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179Modification of penalties for certain wireless telegraphy offencesU.K.
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(1)In subsection (1) of section 14 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (c. 54) (either way offences), for paragraphs (aa) and (ab) there shall be substituted—

(aa)any offence under section 1(1) of this Act consisting in the establishment or use of a station for wireless telegraphy, or the installation or use of wireless telegraphy apparatus, for the purpose of making a broadcast (within the meaning of section 9 of the Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967 (c. 41));

(ab)any offence under section 1A of this Act where the relevant contravention of section 1 would constitute an offence falling within paragraph (aa);.

(2)After subsection (1A), there shall be inserted—

(1AA)A person committing—

(a)an offence under section 1(1) of this Act other than—

(i)one which falls within subsection (1)(aa), or

(ii)one which falls within subsection (1A)(a), or

(b)an offence under section 1A of this Act other than—

(i)one which falls within subsection (1)(ab), or

(ii)one which falls within subsection (1A)(aa),

shall be liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.

(3)In section 79(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12) (offences in respect of which apparatus may be seized), after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—

(bza)any offence under section 1A of that Act other than one where the relevant contravention of section 1 of that Act would constitute an offence so consisting;.

(4)This section only applies in relation to offences committed after the commencement of this section.

Commencement Information

I1S. 179 in force at 18.9.2003 by S.I. 2003/1900, art. 2(2), Sch. 2

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