The Office of Communications (Membership) (Modification) Order 2016
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2016/706 |
2016 No. 706
Electronic Communications
The Office of Communications (Membership) (Modification) Order 2016
Made 5th July 2016
Laid before Parliament 7th July 2016
Coming into force 18th August 2016
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 1(7) of the Office of Communications Act 20021:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Office of Communications (Membership) (Modification) Order 2016 and comes into force on 18th August 2016.
Modification of maximum number of members
2. In section 1(2) of the Office of Communications Act 2002 for “six” substitute “twelve”2.
Revocations
3. The following Orders are revoked—
John Whittingdale
Secretary of State
Department of Culture, Media and Sport
5th July 2016
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order increases the maximum membership of the Office of Communications from ten to twelve.
Regulation 2 amends section 1(2) of the Office of Communications Act 2002 to increase the maximum number stated in that section to twelve.
Regulation 3 revokes the two previous Orders which modified the maximum number of members.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for these Regulations as no impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.
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