http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2913/madeThe Broadcasting (Limit in relation to Provision of Digital Programme Services) Order 2000TelevisionKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2011-07-04BROADCASTING This Order appoints a day for the purposes of paragraph 7(1) of Part III of Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Act 1990. Under paragraph 7(1), before such appointed day, no person holding a licence to provide digital programme services could at any time provide digital programme services by means of two or more television multiplex services, if the number of points attributable to those digital programme services exceeded the permitted maximum. The effect of appointing a day for the purposes of paragraph 7(1) is that from that day, the prohibition in paragraph 7(1) will no longer apply. 2000 No. 2913 BROADCASTING The Broadcasting (Limit in relation to Provision of Digital Programme Services) Order 2000 Made 29th October 2000 Laid before Parliament 31st October 2000 Coming into force 21st November 2000 The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraphs 7(1) and (10) of Part III of Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Act 1990, hereby makes the following Order: Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Broadcasting (Limit in relation to Provision of Digital Programme Services) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 21st November 2000. Appointed Day 2 The Secretary of State hereby appoints 21st November 2000 as the appointed day for the purposes of paragraph 7(1) of Part III of Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Act 1990. Chris Smith Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 29th October 2000 (This note is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints a day for the purposes of paragraph 7(1) of Part III of Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Act 1990. Under paragraph 7(1), before such appointed day, no person holding a licence to provide digital programme services could at any time provide digital programme services by means of two or more television multiplex services, if the number of points attributable to those digital programme services exceeded the permitted maximum. The effect of appointing a day for the purposes of paragraph 7(1) is that from that day, the prohibition in paragraph 7(1) will no longer apply.

1990 c. 42. Part III of Schedule 2 was substituted by paragraph 10 of Part III of Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Act 1996 (c. 55). Paragraph 7 was amended by the Television Broadcasting Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/3196) and the Limit in Relation to Provision of Digital Programme Services Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2770).