PART 11Supplementary and general

Repeals and amendments

I1I2211Repeal of Part 4B of the Communications Act: transitional provision etc

1

Schedule 17 contains transitional, transitory and saving provision—

a

about the application of this Act and Part 4B of the Communications Act during a period before the repeal of Part 4B of the Communications Act (or, in the case of Part 3 of Schedule 17, in respect of charging years as mentioned in that Part);

b

in connection with the repeal of Part 4B of the Communications Act.

2

The Secretary of State may by regulations make transitional, transitory or saving provision of the kind mentioned in subsection (1)(a) and (b).

3

Regulations under subsection (2) may amend or repeal—

a

Part 3 of Schedule 3;

b

Schedule 17.

4

Regulations under subsection (2) may, in particular, make provision about—

a

the application of Schedule 17 in relation to a service if the transitional period in relation to that service ends on a date before the date when section 210 comes into force;

b

the application of Part 3 of Schedule 17, including further provision about the calculation of a provider’s non-Part 4B qualifying worldwide revenue for the purposes of paragraph 19 of that Schedule;

c

the application of Schedule 10 (recovery of OFCOM’s initial costs), and in particular how fees chargeable under that Schedule may be calculated, in respect of charging years to which Part 3 of Schedule 17 relates.