SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 15Amendments of Broadcasting Acts
Part 2Amendments of the 1996 Act
Licences under Part 1
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1
Section 3 of the 1996 Act (licences under Part 1 of that Act) shall be amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1), for “the Independent Television Commission (in this Part referred to as the “the Commission”)” there shall be substituted “
OFCOM
”
.
3
In subsections (3) to (7), for “The Commission” and “the Commission”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “
OFCOM
”
.
4
For subsection (8) there shall be substituted—
8
The holding by a person of a licence under this Part shall not relieve him of—
a
any liability in respect of a failure to hold a licence under section 1 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949; or
b
any obligation to comply with requirements imposed by or under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Communications Act 2003 (electronic communications networks and electronic communications services).