1. This Order may be cited as the Broadcasting (Limit on the Holding of Licences to Provide Television Multiplex Services) Order 2001 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2. Paragraph 5 of Part III of Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 shall be amended as follows—
(a)in sub-paragraph (1), for the word “three” shall be substituted the word “six”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (3), for the word “five” shall be substituted the word “eight”;
(c)in sub-paragraph (4)(a), for the word “three” shall be substituted the word “six” and for the word “two” shall be substituted the word “five”; and
(d)in sub-paragraph (4)(b), for the word “five” shall be substituted the word “eight” and for the word “four” shall be substituted the word “seven”.
Chris Smtih
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
30th January 2001