SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Amendments of Broadcasting Acts

Part 1Amendments of the 1990 Act

Prohibition on providing television services without a licence

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(1)

Section 13 of the 1990 Act (prohibition on providing television services without a licence) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1) (offence of providing such service without a licence), for “service falling within section 2(1)(a), (aa), (b), (c), (cc) or (d)” there shall be substituted “ relevant regulated television service ”.

(3)

After that subsection there shall be inserted—

“(1A)

In subsection (1) “relevant regulated television service” means a service falling, in pursuance of section 211(1) of the Communications Act 2003, to be regulated by OFCOM, other than a television multiplex service.”

(4)

In subsection (2) (exemption orders made after consulting the ITC), for “the Commission” there shall be substituted “ OFCOM ”.