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Version Superseded: 08/02/2007

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Point in time view as at 01/04/2004.

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Communications Act 2003, Paragraph 15 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 28 February 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

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15(1)Section 15 of that Act (powers of entry) shall be amended as follows.U.K.

(2)In subsection (1), for paragraphs (a) and (b) and the words “, with or without any constables,” there shall be substituted “ any constable or any person or persons authorised for the purpose by OFCOM or the Secretary of State ”.

(3)After that subsection there shall be inserted—

(1A)Where a person authorised by OFCOM or the Secretary of State is authorised by a warrant under subsection (1) to enter any premises, he is to be entitled to exercise that warrant alone or to exercise it accompanied by one or more constables.

(4)In subsection (2)—

(a)in paragraph (b), for the words from “enable” to “decide” there shall be substituted “ enable OFCOM to decide ”;

(b)in paragraph (c), for the words from “behalf” to “producing” there shall be substituted “ behalf by OFCOM and producing ”;

(c)in the words after paragraph (c), for the words from “behalf” to “with” there shall be substituted “ behalf by OFCOM, with ”;

(d)in paragraph (i) of the proviso, for the words from “that”, in the first place where it occurs, to “satisfied” there shall be substituted “ that OFCOM are satisfied ”.

(5)In subsection (2A) for “the BBC” there shall be substituted “ OFCOM ”.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 17 para. 15 in force at 29.12.2003 for specified purposes by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1)(3), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)

I2Sch. 17 para. 15 in force at 1.4.2004 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 4(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 11)

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