SCHEDULES

Section 180.

SCHEDULE 18 U.K. Transfer of Functions Connected with Television Licences

Part I U.K. M1 Amendments of Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949

Marginal Citations

M1 1949 c. 54.

1 (1) Section 1 (licensing of wireless telegraphy) shall be amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsection (1), for the words from “granted” to “any person” substitute “granted under this section—

(a) by the Secretary of State (unless it is a television licence), or

(b) if it is a television licence, by the BBC;

and any person ”.

(3) In subsection (2), for the words from “limitations as” (where first occurring) to “including” substitute “limitations—

(a) as the Secretary of State may think fit; or

(b) in the case of a television licence, as the Secretary of State may direct or (subject to any such direction) the BBC may think fit,

including ”.

F1 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 18 Pt. I para. 1(4)-(6) repealed (1.4.2004) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 19(1) Note 1 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 4(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 11)

2 F2 (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

F3 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 18 Pt. I para. 2(1) repealed (1.4.2004) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 19(1) Note 1 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 4(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 11)

F3 Sch. 18 Pt. I para. 2(2) repealed (18.6.1998) by 1998 c. 6, ss. 7, 10(2), Sch. 2

F4 Sch. 18 Pt. I para. 2(3) repealed (1.4.2004) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 19(1) Note 1 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 4(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 11)

3 U.K. In section 15(1) (entry and search of premises etc.), for the words from “authorising” down to (but not including) “and named” substitute “authorising—

(a) any person or persons authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State; or

(b) where the offence relates to the installation or use of a television receiver, any person or persons authorised in that behalf by the BBC or the Secretary of State,”.

F5 4 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 18 Pt. I para. 4 repealed (1.4.2004) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 19(1) Note 1 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 4(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 11)

Part II U.K. M2 Amendments of Part I of Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967

Marginal Citations

M2 1967 c. 72.

1 U.K. In the following provisions, namely—

F6 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) subsections (1), (3) and (6) of section 2 (notification and recording of transactions),

(c) subsection (1) of section 3 (power to call for additional information),

F7 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e) subsections (3) to (5) of section 5 (offences and enforcement),

for “the Postmaster General” wherever those words occur (which are, by virtue of section 3(1) of the M3 Post Office Act 1969 and the M4 Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (Dissolution) Order 1974, to be construed as, or in certain instances as including, a reference to the Secretary of State) substitute “ the BBC ”.

Textual Amendments

F6 Sch. 18 Pt. II para. 1(a) repealed (16.8.1996) by S.I. 1996/1864, art. 4(6)

F7 Sch. 18 Pt. II para. 1(d) repealed (1.4.2004) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 19(1) Note 1 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 4(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 11)

Marginal Citations

M3 1969 c. 48.

M4 S.I. 1974/691.

F8 2 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F8 Sch. 18 Pt. II para. 2 repealed (16.8.1996) by S.I. 1996/1864, art. 4(6)

3 U.K. In section 2(3)—

(a) for “him” substitute “ them ”; and

(b) for “he” substitute “ they ”.

4 U.K. In section 3(1), for “him” (where first occurring) substitute “ them ”.

F9 5 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F9 Sch. 18 Pt. II para. 5 repealed (1.4.2004) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 19(1) Note 1 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 4(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 11)

6 U.K. In section 5—

(a) in subsection (3), for “his” substitute “ their ”; and

(b) in subsection (5), after “came to” insert “ their or ”.

7 U.K. In section 6(1)—

(a) insert the following definition after the definition of “appointed day”—

• ““the BBC” means the British Broadcasting Corporation;”; and

(b) at the end of the definition of “prescribed” add “ after consultation with the BBC ”.