Section 25 — Sections 20 to 24: further provision

(1) An amendment made by sections 20 to 23 or paragraphs 12 to 19 of Schedule 2 does not affect the validity of a contract entered into before sections 20 to 23 come into force or the exercise of rights acquired under such a contract.

(2) On the date on which section 21 comes into force, the Secretary of State must revise the list maintained for the purposes of Part 4 of the Broadcasting Act 1996 in order to allocate each event which is a listed event on that date either to Group A or Group B.

(3) Where—

(a) the events listed in the list in force immediately before the Secretary of State revises it under subsection (2) are treated, for any of the purposes of the code in force under section 104 of the Broadcasting Act 1996 at that time, as divided into two categories, and

(b) the Secretary of State’s revision under subsection (2) makes the same division,

section 97(2) of the Broadcasting Act 1996 is not to apply in relation to that revision of the list.

(4) OFCOM must draw up a code under section 104 of the Broadcasting Act 1996 as soon as practicable after paragraph 18 of Schedule 2 to this Act (amendments of section 104) comes into force.

(5) The code drawn up by OFCOM in accordance with subsection (4) is not to have effect in relation to any time before section 22 of this Act comes into force.

(6) Regulations under section 55(5) (transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with commencement) may provide for the old section 104 code to continue to have effect in relation to cases specified in the regulations after the coming into force of the code drawn up by OFCOM in accordance with subsection (4).

(7) In this section— “OFCOM” means the Office of Communications; “the old section 104 code” means the code drawn up under section 104 of the Broadcasting Act 1996 which is continued in effect by paragraph 51(2) of Schedule 18 to the Communications Act 2003.