EXPLANATORY NOTE  (This note is not part of the Order)  This Order extends the amendments of the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) made by sections 88  and 89 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30) to the Isle of Man. The amendments in section 88  of the 2017 Act (functions of Ofcom in relation to the BBC) amend section 198 of, and insert  section 198ZA into, the 2003 Act and come into force in the Isle of Man on 1st March 2020. The  amendments in section 89 of the 2017 Act (TV licence fee concessions by reference to age) amend  section 365 of, and insert section 365A into, the 2003 Act and come into force in the Isle of Man  on 1st June 2020. From that date this concession will no longer be determined by regulations but  determined independently by the BBC following consultation. The BBC will have the power to  make changes to the concession, including changing the eligibility criteria, level of concession and  qualifying age (although this may not be lower than 65) or to end the concession. The Secretary of  State retains the power to make provision for all other concessions including the current  residential care concession or its equivalent.  © Crown copyright 2020  Printed and published in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Jeff James,  Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and Queen’s Printer of Acts of Parliament.  £4.90  UK202001301019 02/2020 19585  http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/149  ISBN 978-0-11-119319-8