346Recovery of fees and penaltiesU.K.
(1)This section applies to the following amounts—
(a)any amount payable to OFCOM under a Broadcasting Act licence;
(b)the amount of a penalty imposed by OFCOM under Part 1 or 3 of the 1990 Act, Part 1 or 2 of the 1996 Act or this Part of this Act.
(2)Every amount to which this section applies shall be recoverable by OFCOM as a debt due to them from the person obliged to pay it.
(3)The following liabilities—
(a)a person’s liability to have a penalty imposed on him under Part 1 or 3 of the 1990 Act, Part 1 or 2 of the 1996 Act or this Part in respect of acts or omissions of his occurring while he was the holder of a Broadcasting Act licence, and
(b)a liability of a person as the holder of such a licence to pay an amount to which this section applies,
are not affected by that person’s Broadcasting Act licence having ceased (for any reason) to be in force before the imposition of the penalty or the payment of that amount.
Commencement Information
I1S. 346 in force at 29.12.2003 by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)