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out in Schedule 3 to this Act.
(2) The Principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 4 to this Act.

Consequential amendments of other legislation
49. The Acts specified in Schedule 5 are amended as set out in that Schedule.

Conversion of re-broadcasting and re-transmission licences
50. (1) Where a person holds a re-broadcasting licence or a retransmission licence, the Minister may grant the person a retransmission permit under section 89da of the Broadcasting Act 1942 in substitution for the licence.
(2) For the purposes of:
     (a) the grant of a retransmission permit pursuant to subsection (1); and
     (b) the application of the Broadcasting Act 1942 in relation to a retransmission permit granted pursuant to subsection (1);
the amendments made by sections 15, 16 and 36, subsection 48 (2), section 49 and Schedules 2, 4 and 5 shall be taken to commence on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(3) Where the licence is a re-broadcasting licence, the retransmission permit shall be a permit of the kind referred to in paragraph 89da (5) (a) of the Broadcasting Act 1942.
(4) Where the licence is a re-transmission licence, the retransmission permit shall be a permit of the kind referred to in paragraph 89da (5) (b) of the Broadcasting Act 1942.
(5) The Minister may grant a retransmission permit to a person pursuant to subsection (1) without receiving an application from the person for the grant of the permit.
(6) Where a permit is granted pursuant to subsection (1) in substitution for a licence, the licence ceases to have effect when the permit commences to have effect.
(7) In this section:
     "re-broadcasting licence" means a re-broadcasting licence within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1942 as in force immediately before the commencement of this subsection;

     "re-transmission licence" means a re-transmission licence within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1942 as in force immediately before the commencement of this subsection.

PART IV—AMENDMENTS OF THE RADIO LICENCE FEES ACT 1964

Principal Act
51 In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Radio Licence Fees Act 19643.

Interpretation
52. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following definition in subsection (1):
     " 'Broadcasting Act' means the Broadcasting Act 1942;".

PART V—AMENDMENTS OF TRANSITIONAL LEGISLATION

Amendments of the Broadcasting and Television Act 1942 as in force immediately before 1 January 1986 for the purpose of its continued application to old system licences
53. For the purposes of the continued application, by virtue of section 98 of the Broadcasting and Television Amendment Act 1985, of the Broadcasting and Television Act 1942 as in force immediately before 1 January 1986, section 106 of the Broadcasting