{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/section-398",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/section-398.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/21",
  "legislation_title": "Communications Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003",
  "path": "section/398",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "398",
  "heading": "Repeal of certain provisions of the Telecommunications Act 1984",
  "text": "(1) The Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12) shall be amended as follows.\n(2) In Part 5 (transfer of undertakings of British Telecommunications), the following provisions (which include spent provisions) shall cease to have effect—\n(a) section 60;\n(b) section 61(1) to (6);\n(c) section 62;\n(d) section 63(1) to (4);\n(e) sections 64 to 67;\n(f) section 69 to 71;\n(g) sections 72(2), (4) and (5); and\n(h) section 73.\n(3) In section 68(2) (liability of Secretary of State on winding up), after “any outstanding liability of the successor company” there shall be inserted “ for the payment of pensions ”.\n(4) In Part 7 (miscellaneous and supplemental) the following provisions shall cease to have effect—\n(a) section 93 (grants to promote interests of disabled persons); and\n(b) section 97 (contributions by local authorities towards the provision of telecommunications facilities).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 398 in force at 25.7.2003 for specified purposes by S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 398 in force at 29.12.2003 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(2) (with art. 11)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/398",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:08:53.877248+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}