Communications Act 2003

Part 3Interpretation of Schedule

14In this Schedule “licence period”, in relation to a licence, means the period for which the licence is in force.

15(1)For the purposes of this Schedule the qualifying revenue for an accounting period of the holder of a licence to provide the public teletext service consists of the aggregate of all the following amounts—

(a)the amounts received or to be received by a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) in consideration of the inclusion in the licensed service in that period of advertisements or other items; and

(b)the amounts received or to be received by such a person in respect of the provision of the service from—

(i)a person authorised by the licence holder to provide the whole or a part of the licensed service; or

(ii)a person who is a connected person in relation to a person so authorised.

(2)Those persons are—

(a)the licence holder; or

(b)a person who is a connected person in relation to the licence holder without being a person authorised by the licence holder to provide the whole or a part of the licensed service.

(3)Part 1 of Schedule 7 to the 1990 Act applies for determining qualifying revenue for the purposes of this Schedule as it applies for the purposes of Part 1 of that Act.

(4)Where, in the case of the licence to provide the public teletext service—

(a)the first complete accounting period of the licence holder to fall within the licence period does not begin at the same time as the licence period, or

(b)the last complete accounting period of his to fall within the licence period does not end at the same time as the licence period,

references in this Schedule to an accounting period of the licence holder include references to such part of the accounting period preceding the first complete accounting period, or (as the case may be) following the last complete accounting period, as falls within the licence period.

(5)In this paragraph “connected person” has the same meaning as in Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act.