Communications Act
The
Communications Bill received Royal Assent on 17 July 2003 and a Commencement
Order followed, bringing the relevant provisions of the Communications Act
into force on 25 July 2003. You can find full details of the Act on the
following webpages.
http://www.communicationsbill.gov.uk/
In
addition, the Electronic Communications (Universal Service) Order 2003 was made
on this date and this also came into effect on 25th July.
You can
find this from the following link: -
http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2003/20031904.htm
Two
other orders were laid in draft form shortly after Royal Assent, in order that
they could be debated in both the Houses. You can find
these two orders by following the links to the Communications Bill website: -
Telephone
Numbering Order
http://www.communicationsbill.gov.uk/pdf/draft_numbering_consultation.pdf
Determination
of Turnover Order
http://www.communicationsbill.gov.uk/pdf/draft_calculation_rules_consultation.pdf
A
fourth Order, the Electronic
Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 was published
on 13 October and comes into force on 23 October 2003. It can be found at the
following link: -
http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2003/20032553.htm
A recent Commencement Order covering Electronic Communications Broadcasting was
made on December 2003. Details of the Orders in force are now as follows.
The Commencement Order made on 17 July 2003 is available from: The
Communications Act 2003 (Commencement No.1) Order 2003. Statutory Instrument
2003 No.1900 (C.77)
Details of the Commencement Order as made on 9 December 2003 are now
available from: The
Office of Communications Act 2002 (Commencement No.3) and Communications
Act 2003 (Commencement No.2) Order 2003 Statutory Instrument 2003 No 3142
(C.125). PDF  (109k)
You can find all 4 original draft
Orders and the responses to them on the following pages of the Communications
Bill website.
http://www.communicationsbill.gov.uk/implementation_consultations.html
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