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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. III: transfer of functions (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 1 para. 5 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)
(1)An additional services licence shall include conditions requiring the licence holder to pay to [F1OFCOM] (in addition to any fees required to be so paid by virtue of section 87(1)(c))—
(a)in respect of the first complete calendar year falling within the period for which the licence is in force, the amount specified in his cash bid;
(b)in respect of each subsequent year falling wholly or partly within that period, the amount so specified as increased by the appropriate percentage; and
(c)in respect of each accounting period of his falling within the period referred to in paragraph (a), an amount representing such percentage of the qualifying revenue for that accounting period as was specified in relation to the licence under section 116(1)(d)(ii).
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) the qualifying revenue for any accounting period of the licence holder shall consist of all amounts which are received or to be received by him or by any connected person and are referable to the right under his licence to use, or to authorise any other person to use, in that period the spare capacity allocated by the licence.
(3)An additional services licence may include conditions—
(a)enabling [F1OFCOM] to estimate before the beginning of an accounting period the amount due for that period by virtue of subsection (1)(c); and
(b)requiring the licence holder to pay the estimated amount by monthly instalments throughout that period.
(4)Such a licence may in particular include conditions—
(a)authorising [F1OFCOM] to revise any estimate on one or more occasions, and to adjust the instalments payable by the licence holder to take account of the revised estimate;
(b)providing for the adjustment of any overpayment or underpayment.
(5)Where—
(a)the first complete accounting period of the licence holder falling within the period referred to in subsection (1)(a) (“the licence period”) does not begin at the same time as that period, or
(b)the last complete accounting period of his falling within the licence period does not end at the same time as that period,
any reference in subsection (1)(c) to an accounting period of his shall include a reference to such part of the accounting period preceding that first complete accounting period, or (as the case may be) following that last complete accounting period, as falls within the licence period; and other references to accounting periods in this Part shall be construed accordingly.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 118 substituted (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 15 para. 56 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)