Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Advanced Television Services Regulations 1996 by substituting a new Schedule 1 and a new Schedule 2. The new Schedule 1 has the same effect as that in the principal Regulations but the provisions of paragraph 3 by which existing Telecommunications Act Licences cease to authorise the running of telecommunication systems by means of which conditional access services other than those purely self-provided are provided are clarified. The new Schedule 2 repeats the forfeiture procedures in respect of regulations 6, 9 and 14 of the principal Regulations and enables their operation in Scotland as well as in England and Wales and Northern Ireland.