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Communications Act 2003, Cross Heading: General licence conditions is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 29 January 2025. 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

General licence conditionsU.K.

2(1)Section 4 of the 1990 Act (general licence conditions) shall be amended as follows.U.K.

(2)For “the Commission”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ OFCOM ”.

(3)In subsection (1), in each of paragraphs (a) and (c), after “this Act” there shall be inserted “ , the Broadcasting Act 1996 or the Communications Act 2003 ”.

(4)In subsection (3) (fixing of fees), the words from “and the amount” onwards shall be omitted.

(5)In subsection (5) (provision of false information to be breach of condition)—

(a)for “imposed under this Part” there shall be substituted “ contained in the licence ”; and

(b) after “and 42” there shall be inserted “ or (as the case may be) sections 237 and 238 of the Communications Act 2003 (enforcement of television licensable content service licences) ”.

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I1Sch. 15 para. 2 in force at 29.12.2003 by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)

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