SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 15Amendments of Broadcasting Acts
Part 2Amendments of the 1996 Act
Enforcement of digital sound programme licences
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1
Section 62 of the 1996 Act (enforcement of digital sound programme licences) shall be amended as follows.
2
For “the Authority” and “The Authority”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “
OFCOM
”
.
3
In subsection (4), for the words from “national radio multiplex service” onwards there shall be substituted “
relevant multiplex service, means the last accounting period of the multiplex provider
”
.
4
In subsection (5)—
a
for “national radio multiplex service” there shall be substituted “
relevant multiplex service
”
;
b
for “holder of the national radio multiplex licence” there shall be substituted “
multiplex provider
”
; and
c
for “the radio multiplex service” and “that radio multiplex service” there shall be substituted “
that relevant multiplex service
”
.
5
After subsection (5A) (inserted by Schedule 13) there shall be inserted—
5B
For the purposes of this section, a service is a relevant multiplex service if it is—
a
a national radio multiplex service;
b
a television multiplex service; or
c
a general multiplex service.
5C
In this section, “multiplex provider”—
a
in relation to a national radio multiplex service, means the multiplex provider within the meaning of section 56; and
b
in relation to a television multiplex service or a general multiplex service, means the multiplex provider within the meaning of section 14.
6
In subsection (10) for “apology” there shall be substituted “
statement of findings
”
.