The Communications (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Order 2012

• Citation: S.I. 2012/2688
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Communications (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Amendment) Order 2012 and comes into force on 5th December 2012.

Section 2 Amendment of the Communications (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Order 2003

For paragraph 50 of Schedule 2 to the Communications (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Order 2003 (the “2003 Order”), substitute—

(50) In section 262 (Community radio)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) for “The Secretary of State may by order” substitute “Her Majesty may by Order in Council”;

(ii) for “in an order under this section” substitute “in an Order in Council under this section”; and

(iii) for “he considers” substitute “Her Majesty in Council considers”;

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) for “The Secretary of State is not to make an order” substitute “An Order in Council shall not be made”; and

(ii) for paragraph (b) substitute—

(b) the appropriate authority of Guernsey considers that the provision of services of that description would confer significant benefits on the public or on the communities for which they would be provided.

(c) in subsections (3) and (4), for “order” substitute “Order in Council”; and

(d) for subsection (5) substitute—

(5) In this section, “appropriate authority of Guernsey” means the Minister for the Home Department or such other person designated by the Minister.

Section 3 Amendment of the Communications (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Order 2003

For paragraph 87 of Schedule 2 to the 2003 Order, substitute—

(87) In section 359 (Grants to providers)—

(a) omit subsection (1);

(b) in subsection (2), omit “also”;

(c) in subsection (4), for the words “a licence mentioned in subsection (5)”, substitute “a licence under Part 1 of the 1990 Act, or under Part 1 of the 1996 Act, which is granted in accordance with any provision made by an order under section 244 of this Act”; and

(d) omit subsections (5) and (6).