SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Amendments of Broadcasting Acts

Part 2Amendments of the 1996 Act

Enforcement of digital additional sound services licences

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1

Section 66 of the 1996 Act (enforcement of digital additional services licences) shall be amended as follows.

2

For “the Authority” and “The Authority”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ OFCOM ”.

3

In subsection (4), for “national radio multiplex service” there shall be substituted “ relevant multiplex service ”.

4

In subsection (5), for the words from “national radio multiplex service” onwards there shall be substituted “ relevant multiplex service, means the last accounting period of the multiplex provider ”.

5

In subsection (6)—

a

for “national radio multiplex service” there shall be substituted “ relevant multiplex service ”;

b

for “holder of the national radio multiplex licence” there shall be substituted “ multiplex provider ”; and

c

for “the radio multiplex service” and “that radio multiplex service” there shall be substituted “ that relevant multiplex service ”.

6

After subsection (6A) (inserted by Schedule 13) there shall be inserted—

6B

For the purposes of this section, a service is a relevant multiplex service if it is—

a

a national radio multiplex service; or

b

a general multiplex service.

6C

In this section, “multiplex provider”—

a

in relation to a national radio multiplex service, means the multiplex provider within the meaning of section 56; and

b

in relation to a general multiplex service, means the multiplex provider within the meaning of section 14.

7

In subsection (10) for “apology” there shall be substituted “ statement of findings ”.