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(1)An order under section 5 must state the purpose for which a direction is given, unless it falls within section 5(2) or (3).
(2)Before making an order under section 5, the Secretary of State must consult—
(a)OFCOM; and
(b)such other persons as he thinks fit.
(3)Subsection (2) does not apply where the Secretary of State considers that the urgency of the case makes it inexpedient to consult before making the order.
(4)No order is to be made under section 5 unless a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.
(5)But subsection (4) does not apply where—
(a)before or in the course of the consultation required by subsection (2), or
(b)after the consultation and before or after a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament,
the Secretary of State considers that the urgency of the case is or has become such that he should make the order straight away.
(6)Where under subsection (5) the Secretary of State makes an order under section 5 without a draft of the order having been approved, the order ceases to have effect at the end of the period of forty days beginning with the day on which it was made unless, before the end of that period, it has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
(7)For the purposes of subsection (6)—
(a)the order’s ceasing to have effect is without prejudice to anything previously done, or to the making of a new order; and
(b)in reckoning the period of forty days no account is to be taken of any period during which Parliament is dissolved or prorogued or during which both Houses are adjourned for more than four days.
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