
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Broadcasting Act 1990 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1990.
(2) In this Order “the 1990 Act” means the Broadcasting Act 1990.
2 
The provisions of the 1990 Act which are specified in Schedule 1 to this Order shall come into force on 1st December 1990.
3 

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below, the provisions of the 1990 Act which are specified in Schedule 2 to this Order shall come into force on 1st January 1991.
(2) Paragraph (1) above and Schedule 2 to this Order shall not apply so as to bring into force the replacement of the reference to the Independent Broadcasting Authority by the amendment made by paragraph 36 of Schedule 20 to the 1990 Act until such time as that Authority is dissolved by order under section 127(3) of the 1990 Act.
(3) Paragraph (1) above and Schedule 2 to this Order shall not apply so as to bring into force the repeal by Schedule 21 to the 1990 Act of those provisions of the Broadcasting Act 1981 and the Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984, together with the entries in the said Schedule 21 in respect of paragraph 81 of Schedule 4 to and paragraphs 8(1) and (3) and 30 of Schedule 5 to the Telecommunications Act 1984, the Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985, the Finance Act 1986, the Broadcasting Act 1987, the Education Reform Act 1988, sections 73 and 134(4) of, paragraph 19 of Schedule 2 to, and paragraph 29 of Schedule 7 to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and the Finance Act 1989, which continue to have effect under or by virtue of sections 127 to 129 and 134 of, and Schedules 9 to 12 to, the 1990 Act.
4 
Section 175 of the 1990 Act shall come into force on 1st February 1991.
5 
Section 176 of, and Schedule 17 to, the 1990 Act shall come into force on 1st March 1991 except that for the purpose of enabling publication of information about programmes to be included in a programme service on or after that date, those provisions shall come into force on 1st January 1991.
6 
The following provisions shall come into force on 1st April 1991; those provisions are:
(a) section 180 of, and Schedule 18 to, the 1990 Act; and
(b) the entries in Schedule 21 to the 1990 Act relating to the repeal of —
(i) the Wireless Telegraphy (Blind Persons) Act 1955; and
(ii) the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967.
7 

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, the provisions of the 1990 Act which are specified in Schedule 3 to this Order shall come into force on 1st January 1993.
(2) For the purposes of enabling conditions of the type specified in sections 34(2), 35(1) and 185(3) of the 1990 Act to be included in a Channel 3 or Channel 5 licence or licence to provide Channel 4, sections 34, 35 and 185 of that Act shall come into force on 1st January 1991.
David Waddington
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
27th November 1990
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2


 Section 1
 Section 2, except subsection (1)
 Sections 3 to 9
 Section 11
 Section 43
 Sections 45 to 47
 Section 71
 Section 83
 Sections 126 and 127
 Sections 130 to 133
 Section 141
 Sections 198 to 202
 In section 203, subsections (3)and (4)
 Section 204
 Schedules 1 and 2
 Schedules 8 and 9
 In Schedule 21, the entry relating to the repeal of the Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 to the extent that the repeal concerns paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 8(1) of that Act. 
 Paragraphs 1 to 3 of Schedule 22

SCHEDULE 2
Article 3


 Section 2(1)
 Section 10
 Sections 12 to 22
 Section 26
 Sections 28 to 33
 Sections 36 to 42
 Section 44
 Sections 48 to 70
 Sections 72 to 82
 Sections 84 to 125
 Sections 128 and 129
 Sections 134 to 140
 Sections 142 to 174
 Sections 177 to 179
 Sections 181 to 184
 Section 186
 Sections 188 to 197
 In section 203, subsections (1) and (2)
 Schedules 4 to 7, 10 to 16 and 19
 In Schedule 20, paragraphs 1 to 36 and 38 to 54
 In Schedule 21, all of the entries except those relating to:
(a) the Wireless Telegraphy (Blind Persons) Act 1955;
(b) the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967();
(c) the entries in Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 relating to the Cable Authority and the Independent Broadcasting Authority; and
(d) the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975();
 In Schedule 22, paragraphs 4 to 7

SCHEDULE 3
Article 7


 Sections 23 to 25
 Section 27
 Sections 34 and 35
 Section 185
 Section 187
 Schedule 3
 In Schedule 20, paragraph 37
