Source · Select Committees · Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Recommendation 3
3
Rejected
Specify in the Bill which Acts of Parliament are subject to this power.
Recommendation
The Government has demonstrated a necessity for the power to regulate for localness requirements to be so broad as to include amendment of any Act of Parliament. This power should be restricted to specified Acts in line with similar provisions in the Communications Act 2003. We recommend that the Bill should specify those Acts of Parliament which would be subject to this power. We recommend that the Bill should specify those Acts of Parliament which would be subject to this power. (Paragraph 15) Radio selection services
Government Response Summary
The government amended the Bill to clarify that the power to amend other legislation must be consequential, but rejected specifying Acts of Parliament, citing unhelpful inflexibility and the infeasibility of listing all potential amendments.
Government Response
Rejected
HM Government
Rejected
The Government has amended the Bill to make clear that the power to amend other legislation must be consequential to the main power and to ensure consistency with other similar provisions in the Bill. The Government considers going any further would create unhelpful inflexibility. In the event we exercise the power to make regulations under new section 315A(1), we may need to make consequential amendments to other primary and secondary legislation. But at this stage, it is not feasible to produce a list of all the primary and secondary legislation we may need to amend.