The Advanced Television Services Regulations 1996

Disapplication of existing licences

3.—(1) Every licence granted under section 7 of the 1984 Act before the coming into force of these Regulations (whether granted to all persons, to persons of a class or to a particular person) which authorises (however expressed) the running of a telecommunication system and the provision by means thereof of conditional access services to digital television services to any other person by the person to whom the licence is granted or any person being a member of the class of persons to whom the licence is granted shall, upon the coming into force of these Regulations, cease to authorise the running of such system in so far as it is used for the purposes of the provision by the Licensee of such services.

(2) Where a person provides conditional access services to digital television services for his own use by means of telecommunication systems in respect of which a licence has ceased to apply by reason only of (1) above, any other licence granted under section 7 of the 1984 Act by which that person is otherwise authorised to run telecommunication systems and provide conditional access services for his own use shall cease to authorise the running of telecommunication systems in so far as used for the provision by him of such services.