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The Communications Act 2003 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2017

S.I. 2017/1063 · Made 1 November 2017

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Electronic Communications

Made 1st November 2017

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 411(2) of the Communications Act 2003f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2003 c. 21.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Commencement
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Communications Act 2003 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2017.

2Commencement

Section 401 of the Communications Act 2003 shall come into force on 3rd November 2017.

Signature

Karen Bradley

Secretary of State

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

1st November 2017

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for section 401 of the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) to come into force on 3rd November 2017. Section 401, which was amended by section 100 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), enables Ofcom to publish a statement of principles, and in accordance with that statement, it can retain receipts from certain functions under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (c. 36), rather than pay them into the Consolidated Fund.