(1)The Commission may grant such licences to provide domestic satellite services as they may determine.
(2)Without prejudice to the generality of section 3(2), a licence to provide a domestic satellite service may authorise the provision of a service which to any extent consists in the simultaneous transmission of different programmes on different frequencies.
(3)Subject to subsection (4), the following provisions, namely—
(a)sections 15 to 20,
(b)section 33, and
(c)sections 38 and 40 to 42,
shall apply in relation to a licence to provide a domestic satellite service as they apply in relation to a licence to provide a Channel 3 service.
(4)In its application in relation to a licence to provide a domestic satellite service—
(a)section 15(1) shall have effect with the omission of paragraph (b);
(b)section 16 shall have effect as if the licence were a licence to provide a regional Channel 3 licence, but with the omission of paragraphs (a) to (f) of subsection (2);
(c)section 18 shall have effect with the omission of subsections (3) to (5); and
(d)section 20 shall have effect—
(i)with the substitution in subsection (1) of “fifteen years” for “ten years” in both places where those words occur, and
(ii)with the omission of subsection (4)(b).