SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 15

Amendments of Broadcasting Acts
Part 2

Amendments of the 1996 Act

Duration and enforcement of multiplex licenses
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1
Section 23 of the 1996 Act (enforcement of digital programme licences) shall be amended as follows.
2
For “the Commission” and “The Commission”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ OFCOM ”.
3
In subsection (4), for the words from “multiplex service” onwards there shall be substituted “ television multiplex service or general multiplex service, means the last accounting period of the multiplex provider ”.
4
In subsection (5), for “multiplex service, the first accounting period of the holder of the multiplex licence” there shall be substituted “ television multiplex service or general multiplex service, the first accounting period of the multiplex provider ”.
5
After that subsection there shall be inserted—
5A
In subsections (4) and (5)
“multiplex provider” has the same meaning as in section 14.
6
In subsection (8) for “apology” there shall be substituted “ statement of findings ”.
Sch. 15 para. 92 in force at 29.12.2003 by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)