SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 15Amendments of Broadcasting Acts
Part 1Amendments of the 1990 Act
Applications for Channel 3 licences
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1
Section 15 of the 1990 Act (applications for Channel 3 licences) shall be amended as follows.
2
For “the Commission” and “The Commission”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “
OFCOM
”
.
3
In subsection (2), for “specified in section 16(2) or (3) (as the case may be)” there shall be substituted
that have to be imposed under Chapter 4 of Part 3 of the Communications Act 2003 by conditions relating to—
a
the public service remit for that service,
b
programming quotas,
c
news and current affairs programmes, and
d
programme production and regional programming.
4
In subsection (3)—
a
in paragraph (b), for “specified in section 16(2) or (3) (as the case may be)” there shall be substituted
that have to be imposed under Chapter 4 of Part 3 of the Communications Act 2003 by conditions relating to—
i
the public service remit for that service,
ii
programming quotas,
iii
news and current affairs programmes, and
iv
programme production and regional programming
b
paragraphs (c) to (e) shall be omitted.
5
After subsection (3) there shall be inserted—
3A
For the purposes of subsection (1)(d)(ii)—
a
different percentages may be specified for different accounting periods; and
b
the percentages that may be specified for an accounting period include a nil percentage.
6
In subsection (4), for “paragraphs (b) to (e)” there shall be substituted “
paragraphs (b)
”
.