SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Amendments of Broadcasting Acts

Part 2Amendments of the 1996 Act

Disqualification for supplying false information

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1

Section 145 of the 1996 Act (disqualification for offence of supplying false information) shall be amended as follows.

2

In subsection (5), for “the relevant authority” there shall be substituted “ OFCOM ”.

3

In subsection (7)—

a

for “5(1)(a) and 88(1)(a)” there shall be substituted “ 5(1)(a) and (2)(db), 32(12) and 88(1)(a) and (2)(db) ”; and

b

for “5(1)(a) and 44(1)(a)” there shall be substituted “ 5(1)(a) and (2)(db) and 44(1)(a) and (2)(db) ”.

4

In subsection (8) of that section, for the definition of “licence” there shall be substituted—

“licence” means a licence under Part 1 or 3 of the 1990 Act or under Part 1 or 2 of this Act;