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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/office-of-communications-act-2002-commencement-no-3-and-communications-act-2003-commencement-no-2-order-2003/schedule-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/3142",
  "legislation_title": "The Office of Communications Act 2002 (Commencement No. 3) and Communications Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/office-of-communications-act-2002-commencement-no-3-and-communications-act-2003-commencement-no-2-order-2003",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions of the Communications Act 2003 coming into force on 1st April 2004",
  "text": "Section 2 (so far as not already in force).\nSections 363 to 366, 367 (so far as not already in force) and 368.\nSection 406(1) and (7) in respect of the provisions of Schedules 17 and 19 set out in this Schedule.\nSection 406(6) (so far as not already in force).\nSchedule 1 (so far as not already in force).\n....\nIn Schedule 17—\nthe following paragraphs so far as not already in force: 6, 15 and 161;\nparagraphs 133(1) and (3) and 159.\nSchedule 18 (so far as not already in force).\nIn Schedule 19, the entries for—\nWireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (so far as not already in force);\nWireless Telegraphy Act 1967 (so far as not already in force);\nBroadcasting Act 1990 (so far as not already in force);\nCriminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995;\nWireless Telegraphy Act 1998 (so far as not already in force).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 substituted (4.3.2004) by Office of Communications Act 2002 (Commencement No. 3) and Communications Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) (Amendment) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/545), art. 2(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 substituted (8.3.2004) by Office of Communications Act 2002 (Commencement No. 3) and Communications Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/697), art. 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 omitted (4.3.2004) by virtue of Office of Communications Act 2002 (Commencement No. 3) and Communications Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) (Amendment) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/545), art. 2(3)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 in force at made date"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/697",
      "affecting_title": "Office of Communications Act 2002 (Commencement No. 3) and Communications Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2004"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3142/schedule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:38:20.046996+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}