Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. II (ss. 5-46) excluded (23.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1736, art. 7(4)
(1)Where licences granted under section 7 above include provisions which are framed by reference to bodies for the time being recognised under this section to be representing the interests of consumers, purchasers and other users of telecommunication services provided by means of, or telecommunication apparatus connected to, telecommunication systems to which the licences relate, then, for the purposes of those provisions, bodies may be so recognised by the Secretary of State.
(2)A recognition under this section may apply either to a particular body or to bodies of a description specified in the recognition, and may so apply either for the purposes of a particular telecommunication system or for the purposes of any telecommunication system of a description so specified.
(3)The Secretary of State may pay such allowances as he may determine to members of a body recognised by him under this section, and may pay such expenses of a body so recognised as he may determine.
(4)Any power conferred by this section to give a recognition includes power to withdraw a recognition given in the exercise of that power.
(5)There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament any sums required by the Secretary of State for making payments under this section.