Continuation notices

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Continuation notices

• Peter Davies
• Licensing Adviser

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Continuation notices

• What are they?
• Why do we have to use them?
• When do we have to make them?

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What are the continuation notices?(Schedule 18,
paragraph 7 and 20 of the Communications Bill)

• Licences revoked on 24 July 2003
• Some conditions will continue in order to fill
  the gap
• Also any Direction, Determination or Consent
  given or made for the purposes of the continued
  condition

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Why do we have to use continuation notices?

• To deal with a gap in the regulatory regime
• Market reviews will not now be implemented on 25
  July 2003
• We can only notify the European Commission after
  25 July 2003 of the outcome of market reviews

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When do we have to make the continuation notices?

• Before 23 July 2003
• The timeframes are quite tight because
• We have to identify licence conditions which
  must be continued
• Also any Directions, Determinations and Consents
  made under them

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Consultation

• If possible we will consult publicly on the
  continuation notices - 14 days consultation
• We will discuss with the operators concerned
• May have to limit ourselves to joint meetings
  with groups of operators
• Might be only one notice per operator

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The way forward

• Notify the Commission and NRAs under Articles 6
  7 of the Framework Directive on or soon after 25
  July 2003
• Commission has one month to respond
• Can require 2 more months
• Could veto a market review conclusion

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Conclusions

• Continuation notices could be in force for
  several months
• They will be discontinued by a subsequent notice
• When the market review is finalised

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Questions?