SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 15

Amendments of Broadcasting Acts
Part 1

Amendments of the 1990 Act

Licensing functions of OFCOM
32
1
Section 85 of the 1990 Act (licensing of independent radio services) shall be amended as follows.
2
In subsections (1) and (2), for “the Authority” and “The Authority”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ OFCOM ”.
3
In subsection (1), for “such licences to provide independent radio services as they may determine” there shall be substituted “ licences to provide relevant independent radio services ”.
4
Subsections (3) and (4)
(duty to secure the meeting of a variety of tastes and interests and to ensure fair and effective competition) shall cease to have effect.
5
After subsection (7) there shall be inserted—
8
In this section “relevant independent radio services” means the following services so far as they are services falling to be regulated under section 245 of the Communications Act 2003—
a
sound broadcasting services;
b
radio licensable content services;
c
additional radio services.
Sch. 15 para. 32 in force at 29.12.2003 by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)