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The Communications Act 2003 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2004

S.I. 2004/945 · Made 29 March 2004

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This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2003/2155 and is being issued free to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

Made 29th March 2004

Laid before Parliament 30th March 2004

Coming into force 22nd April 2004

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 406(3) and (4)(b) and (d) of the Communications Act 2003f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2003 c. 21

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989
  3. 3Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Communications Act 2003 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 22nd April 2004.

2Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

(1)

In Article 343(4)(c) (supplies of water, electricity, etc.) of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989f1, for the words “public telecommunications service” there shall be substituted “public electronic communications service”.

(2)

In this Article, “public electronic communications service” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Communications Act 2003.

(3)

The amendment in this Article extends to Northern Ireland only.

3Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995

(1)

In Part 24 of Schedule 2 (development by electronic communications code operators) to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995f1, the word “or” shall be inserted before “in accordance with the electronic communications code” wherever occurring.

(2)

In this Article, “electronic communications code” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Communications Act 2003.

(3)

The amendment in this Article extends to England and Wales only.

Signature

Stephen Timms,

Minister of State for Energy, E-commerce and Postal Services,

Department of Trade and Industry

29th March 2004

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes consequential amendments in connection with the commencement of the provisions of the Communications Act 2003.

Article 2 makes an amendment to a provision of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 relating to supplies of water, electricity, etc. The amendment replaces the term “public telecommunications service” used in the repealed provisions of the Telecommunications Act 1984 with the corresponding term “public electronic communications service” used in the Communications Act 2003.

Article 3 corrects an error in the Communications Act 2003 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2155) which amended a provision in the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 relating to development by electronic communications code operators.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.