The Media Ownership (Local Radio and Appointed News Provider) Order 2003

Interpretation of Part 3

10.—(1) In this Part, “potential audience” means, in relation to a local radio multiplex service, the persons who have attained the age of 15 years and reside within the protected area for that service.

(2) For the purposes of this Part, a person who holds a licence to provide local digital sound programme services provides such a service if, and only if—

(a) the service is one provided by him and is included in a local radio multiplex service for which he holds a local radio multiplex licence; or

(b) under a contract between that person and a person who holds a licence to provide a local radio multiplex service, the person holding the licence to provide the radio multiplex service is required to include that local digital sound programme service in that multiplex service.

(3) In this Part, “the protected area” means, in relation to a local radio multiplex service—

(a) subject to sub-paragraph (b), the area or locality specified in a notice published under section 50(1) of the 1996 Act (1) as that in which that multiplex service is to be available, or

(b) if different from that area or locality, the area or locality specified in the relevant licence as that in which that multiplex service is to be available,

and in this paragraph, “the relevant licence” means the local radio multiplex licence under which the multiplex service concerned is authorised to be provided.

(1)

Section 50 of the 1996 Act is amended by paragraph 109 of Schedule 15 to the 2003 Act.