Communications Act 2003

Multiplex revenue

115 (1) Section 56 of the 1996 Act (multiplex revenue) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) for “section 55(1)” there shall be substituted “this Part”;

(b) for “the holder of a national radio multiplex licence” there shall be substituted “the person who is the multiplex provider in relation to a national radio multiplex service”;

(c) in paragraph (a)(i), “to which the licence relates” shall be omitted;

(d) in paragraphs (c) and (d), for “the holder of the radio multiplex licence” there shall be substituted “the multiplex provider”.

(3) In subsections (2) to (8)—

(a) for “the holder of the radio multiplex licence”, “the licence holder” and “the holder of the multiplex licence”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted, in each case, “the multiplex provider”; and

(b) for “the Authority”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “OFCOM”.

(4) In subsection (9)—

(a) for “a national radio multiplex licence”, in each place, there shall be substituted “a national radio multiplex service”;

(b) for “the radio multiplex service to which the licence relates”, in each place, there shall be substituted “that radio multiplex service”;

(c) after the definition of “additional services provider” there shall be inserted—

““multiplex provider”—

(a) in relation to a national radio multiplex service for which a person holds a licence under this Part, means the licence holder; and

(b) in relation to a national radio multiplex service which is not licensed under this Part, means the person who provides that service.”