SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 15Amendments of Broadcasting Acts
Part 1Amendments of the 1990 Act
Disqualified persons
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1
Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act (restrictions on the holding of licences) shall be amended as follows.
2
In paragraph 1(1) of Part 1, after the definition of “associate” there shall be inserted—
“Broadcasting Act licence” means a licence under Part 1 or 3 of this Act or Part 1 or 2 of the Broadcasting Act 1996;
3
In paragraph 1(6) of Part 1 (meaning of “more than a 20 per cent. interest”), for “20 per cent.”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “
5 per cent.
”
.
4
In Part 2 (disqualified persons), for “a licence granted by the Commission or the Authority”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “
a Broadcasting Act licence
”
.
5
In paragraph 1(1)(i) of Part 2 (bodies controlled by persons falling within paragraphs (a) to (g)), for “(a)” there shall be substituted “
(c)
”
.
6
In paragraph 3(1) of Part 2, for “by the Authority” there shall be substituted “
under Part 3 of this Act or Part 2 of the Broadcasting Act 1996
”
.
7
In paragraph 4(1) of Part 2, for “that body” there shall be substituted “
OFCOM
”
.
8
In paragraph 4(2) of Part 2—
a
in paragraph (a), for “by the Commission, means a body” there shall be substituted “
under Part 1 of this Act or Part 1 of the Broadcasting Act 1996, means a person
”
; and
b
in paragraph (b), for “by the Authority, means a body” there shall be substituted “
under Part 3 of this Act or Part 2 of the Broadcasting Act 1996, means a person
”
.
9
In paragraph 5A of Part 2—
a
in sub-paragraph (1)(a), the words “granted by the Commission”,
b
sub-paragraph (1)(b) and the word “and” immediately preceding it,
c
in sub-paragraph (2), the words “granted by the Authority”,
shall be omitted.