The Telecommunications (Licence Modification) (Satellite Operator Licences) Regulations 2000

Modification of the relevant licencesU.K.

3.  The relevant licences are hereby modified as follows:—

(a)for the Table of Contents there shall be substituted the Table of Contents set out in Schedule 2 hereto;

(b)in paragraph 2, after the word “signature" to the end there shall be substituted the words “ and shall be of twenty five years’ duration in the first instance but, without prejudice to Schedule 2 to this Licence, shall be subject to revocation thereafter on ten years’ notice in writing of such revocation and such notice shall accordingly not be given before the end of the fifteenth year after the granting of this Licence. ”;

(c)for paragraph 6 there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“6.  Where this Licence provides for any power of the Secretary of State or the Director to give any direction, notice or consent or make any specification, or of the Director to make any designation or determination, it implies, unless a contrary intention appears, a power, exercisable in the same manner and subject to the same conditions or limitations, to revoke, amend or give or make again any such direction, notice, consent, specification, designation or determination; and any reference however expressed to the Director making any determination or giving any direction or consent about any matter shall be construed as making such determination or giving such direction or consent after consultation with the Licensee and where appropriate with any other person who may have a relevant interest in the matter to which the determination, direction or consent relates.”;

(d)for Schedule 1 there shall be substituted Schedule 1 as set out in Schedule 3 hereto;

(e)for Schedule 2 there shall be substituted Schedule 2 as set out in Schedule 4 hereto;

(f)for Schedule 3 there shall be substituted Schedule 3 as set out in Schedule 5 hereto, subject to the modification that, in the case of the licences specified in Part B of Schedule 1 hereto after sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 3 there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(b)the conveyance of Messages which have been or are to be conveyed under sub-paragraph 3(a) above by means of the Applicable Systems to or from any telecommunication system not run under a Licence issued to a particular person.”;

(g)for Annex A:

(i)in the case of the licences specified in Part A of Schedule 1 hereto there shall be substituted Annex A as set out in Part 1 of Schedule 6 hereto; and

(ii)in the case of the licences specified in Part B of Schedule 1 hereto there shall be substituted Annex A as set out in Part 2 of Schedule 6 hereto; and

(h)after Annex A there shall be inserted Annex B as set out in Schedule 7 hereto.