SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Amendments of Broadcasting Acts

Part 1Amendments of the 1990 Act

Offence of providing regulated radio services

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1

Section 97 of the 1990 Act (prohibition on providing services without a licence) shall be amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), for the words from “independent” to “84(1)(d), (e) or (f)” there shall be substituted “ relevant regulated radio service ”.

3

After that subsection there shall be inserted—

1A

In subsection (1) “relevant regulated radio service” means a service falling to be regulated by OFCOM under section 245 of the Communications Act 2003, other than a radio multiplex service.

4

In subsection (2) (exemption orders made after consulting the Radio Authority), for “the Authority” there shall be substituted OFCOM.