Communications Act 2003 (c. 21)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15 U.K. Amendments of Broadcasting Acts

Valid from 29/12/2003

Part 2 U.K. Amendments of the 1996 Act

Duration and enforcement of multiplex licenses U.K.

92 (1) Section 23 of the 1996 Act (enforcement of digital programme licences) shall be amended as follows. U.K.

(2) For “the Commission” and “The Commission”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ OFCOM ”.

(3) In subsection (4), for the words from “multiplex service” onwards there shall be substituted “ television multiplex service or general multiplex service, means the last accounting period of the multiplex provider ”.

(4) In subsection (5), for “multiplex service, the first accounting period of the holder of the multiplex licence” there shall be substituted “ television multiplex service or general multiplex service, the first accounting period of the multiplex provider ”.

(5) After that subsection there shall be inserted—

“(5A) In subsections (4) and (5) “multiplex provider” has the same meaning as in section 14.”

(6) In subsection (8) for “apology” there shall be substituted “ statement of findings ”.