Part IIndependent Television Services
Chapter IIISatellite Television Services
44Licensing etc. of domestic satellite services
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).