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2(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the maximum number of licences which may at any time be held by any one person to provide relevant services falling within each of the following categories shall be—
(a)two in the case of regional Channel 3 services;
(b)one in the case of national Channel 3 services;
(c)one in the case of Channel 5;
(d)one in the case of national radio services;
(e)twenty in the case of local radio services; and
(f)six in the case of restricted radio services.
(2)The Secretary of State may, in the case of any category of relevant services not falling within sub-paragraph (1), by order prescribe the maximum number of licences which may at any time be held by any one person to provide relevant services falling within that category.
(3)The Secretary of State may by order—
(a)amend sub-paragraph (1) by substituting a different limit for any limit for the time being specified there;
(b)impose, in relation to any category of relevant services specified in or under sub-paragraph (1) or (2), limits on the holding of licences to provide relevant services falling within that category which are additional to any limits specified in or under that sub-paragraph and are framed—
(i)by reference to any specified circumstances relating to the holders of the licences in question or to the services to be provided under them, or
(ii)(in the case of licences granted by the Commission) by reference to matters determined by them under the order.
(4)Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (3)(b), an order made in pursuance of that provision may impose on the holder of a licence to provide any specified category of relevant services limits framed (directly or indirectly) by reference to either or both of the following matters, namely—
(a)the number of licences of any one or more specified descriptions which are held by him or by any body controlled by him; and
(b)his participation, to any specified extent, in any body corporate which is the holder of any licence or licences of any one or more such descriptions.
(5)Where a person holds a licence to provide a local radio service which, in accordance with section 86(2), authorises the provision of a multichannel service, he shall be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) as holding such number of licences to provide local radio services as corresponds to the number of channels on which the service may be provided.
(6)Where a person holds—
(a)a licence to provide a domestic satellite service,
(b)a licence to provide a non-domestic satellite service, or
(c)a licence to provide a satellite radio service,
which, in accordance with section 44(2), 45(3) or 86(2), authorises the provision of a multichannel service, he shall be treated for the purposes of any order under sub-paragraph (2) as holding such number of licences to provide domestic satellite services, non-domestic satellite services or (as the case may be) satellite radio services as corresponds to the number of channels on which the service may be provided.
(7)In this paragraph—
(a)“multichannel service” means a service which to any extent consists in the simultaneous transmission of different programmes on different frequencies; and
(b)any reference to the number of channels on which such a service may be provided is a reference to the number of different frequencies involved.
(8)For the purposes of—
(a)sub-paragraphs (1), (5) and (6), and
(b)any order under sub-paragraph (2),
a person shall be treated as holding a licence if the licence is held by a person connected with him.
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