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The Broadcasting Act 1996 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1997

S.I. 1997/1005 · Made 21 March 1997

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BROADCASTING

Made 21st March 1997

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 128(2) and 149(2) of the Broadcasting Act 1996f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1996 c. 55.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. 4Article 4
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Broadcasting Act 1996 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1997.

2

In this Order, “the 1996 Act” means the Broadcasting Act 1996.

3

The transfer date appointed for the purposes of section 128(2) of the 1996 Act shall be 1st April 1997.

4

The following provisions of the 1996 Act shall come into force on 1st April 1997:—

  • Section 73, so far as it is not yet in force

  • Section 85

  • Section 95

  • Sections 106 to 130

  • Section 147, so far as it is not yet in force

  • Section 148, so far as it is not yet in force

  • Schedule 2, so far as it is not yet in force

  • Schedule 3

  • Schedule 4

  • Schedule 10, so far as it is not yet in force

  • Schedule 11, so far as it is not yet in force.

Signature

Virginia Bottomley

Secretary of State for National Heritage

21st March 1997

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force as from 1st April 1997 those provisions of the Broadcasting Act 1996 relating to restricted services, the Gaelic Broadcasting Fund and the establishment of the Broadcasting Standards Commission.