
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.
Virginia Bottomley
Secretary of State for National Heritage
21st March 1997