SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Amendments of Broadcasting Acts

Part 2Amendments of the 1996 Act

115Multiplex revenue

1

Section 56 of the 1996 Act (multiplex revenue) shall be amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

for “section 55(1)” there shall be substituted “this Part”;

b

for “the holder of a national radio multiplex licence” there shall be substituted “the person who is the multiplex provider in relation to a national radio multiplex service”;

c

in paragraph (a)(i), “to which the licence relates” shall be omitted;

d

in paragraphs (c) and (d), for “the holder of the radio multiplex licence” there shall be substituted “the multiplex provider”.

3

In subsections (2) to (8)—

a

for “the holder of the radio multiplex licence”, “the licence holder” and “the holder of the multiplex licence”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted, in each case, “the multiplex provider”; and

b

for “the Authority”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “OFCOM”.

4

In subsection (9)—

a

for “a national radio multiplex licence”, in each place, there shall be substituted “a national radio multiplex service”;

b

for “the radio multiplex service to which the licence relates”, in each place, there shall be substituted “that radio multiplex service”;

c

after the definition of “additional services provider” there shall be inserted—

“multiplex provider”—

a

in relation to a national radio multiplex service for which a person holds a licence under this Part, means the licence holder; and

b

in relation to a national radio multiplex service which is not licensed under this Part, means the person who provides that service.