Article 6 Consequential amendments

(1)

The Digital Economy Act 2017 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 43^f1 for “Secretary of State”, in each place it occurs, substitute “relevant Minister”.

(3)

In section 44^f2—

(a)

in subsection (1)(a), for “Secretary of State” substitute “relevant Minister”;

(b)

in subsection (4)(d), for “Secretary of State, the Secretary of State” substitute “relevant Minister, the Minister for the Cabinet Office”;

(c)

in subsection (7), for “Secretary of State” substitute “relevant Minister”.

(4)

In section 45(1)^f3—

(a)

in the definition of “the appropriate national authority”, for “Secretary of State” substitute “relevant Minister”;

(b)

after the definition of “public authority” insert—

““relevant Minister” means the Secretary of State or the Minister for the Cabinet Office;”.

Annotations

f1: Section 43 was amended by S.I. 2018/526. There are other amendments which are not relevant to this Order.
f2: Section 44 was amended by S.I 2018/526.
f3: Section 45(1) was amended by S.I. 2018/526.