Outline of the Act Part 7 - Miscellaneous and general
Part 7 contains miscellaneous and general provisions dealing with consequential provision, extent of the Act and commencement. It contains three further sections. First, it inserts common provision about penalties which may be imposed by OFCOM in relation to Part 2 (prominence on television selection services) and Part 6 (regulation of radio selection services). Second, section 50 repeals section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013. Further to the recommendations of the Leveson Inquiry in 2012, the Press Recognition Panel was established. Sections 34 to 42 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 contain the legislative incentives relating to the awards of costs and exemplary damages to join an approved self-regulator. In November 2016, the Government launched a consultation on whether to commence section 40 of the 2013 Act. The Government response was published in March 2018 with the Government concluding that section 40 was no longer necessary. This Act repeals section 40. Third, section 51 introduces Schedule 12, which makes amendments to primary broadcasting legislation to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies arising from the withdrawal of the UK from the UK.