SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Amendments of Broadcasting Acts

Part 2Amendments of the 1996 Act

Award of local multiplex licences

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1

Section 51 of the 1996 Act (award of local multiplex licences) shall be amended as follows.

2

For “the Authority”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted OFCOM.

3

In subsection (2), for paragraph (f) there shall be substituted—

f

the extent to which there is evidence that, amongst persons living in that area or locality, there is a demand for, or support for, the provision of the proposed service; and