{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-fraud-act-1997/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-fraud-act-1997/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/4",
  "legislation_title": "Telecommunications (Fraud) Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telecommunications-fraud-act-1997",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Increased penalty for fraudulent use of telecommunication system.",
  "text": "(1) In section 42(1)(b) of the 1984 Act (penalty on conviction on indictment for fraudulent use of telecommunication system), for “two years” there shall be substituted “ five years ”.\n(2) Subsection (1) above does not apply to an offence committed before this Act comes into force.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Act repealed (25.7.2003 for specified purposes and 29.12.2003 for further specified purposes) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), ss. 406(6)(7), 408, 411(2), Sch. 19(1) (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 3(2) (as amended (8.12.2003) by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3))); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(2) (with art. 11)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/4/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:28:22.320661+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."
}