The Communications Act is amended as follows.
Section 198 (functions of OFCOM in relation to the BBC) is amended as follows.
In subsection (1) for the words after paragraph (b) substitute—
After subsection (2) insert—
Omit subsection (9).
After section 198 insert—
The following cease to have effect—
in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (offices disqualifying for membership), the entry relating to a chairman, vice-chairman or ordinary member of the BBC Trust);
section 90A of the Scotland Act 1998 (BBC Trust member for Scotland);
section 16 of the Scotland Act 2012 (which inserts section 90A of the 1998 Act);
in section 77(2)(d) of the Deregulation Act 2015 (review of sanctions in relation to TV licensing), "and be presented to the BBC Trust".