17.There have been three formal consultations on the revised licence modification procedure provided for in Part III of the Act. The first, “Licence Modification Procedure: Proposed Changes to the Telecommunications Act 1984” (URN 98/1049), was issued in May 1998; the second, “Licence Modification Procedure: Updated Proposals for Changes to the Telecommunications Act 1984” (URN 99/945), in March 1999 (further details available on the DTI website at www.dti.gov.uk/cii/regulation.html). The third was undertaken as part of the consultation on the draft Electronic Communications Bill.
18.Responses to all of these consultation exercises have contributed to the measures set out in the Act.
Consultation Part III