- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
- Pwynt Penodol mewn Amser (01/07/1999)
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(1)A multiplex licence shall include such conditions as appear to the Commission to be appropriate for securing—
(a)that the licensed service is established by the licence holder in accordance with the timetable and other proposals indicated in the technical plan submitted under section 7(4)(b),
(b)the implementation of any proposals submitted by the licence holder under section 7(4)(c), (d), (e) or (f),
(c)that all digital programme services broadcast under the licence are provided by the holder of a licence under section 18 [F1or by an EEA broadcaster],
(d)that all digital additional services broadcast under the licence are provided by the holder of a licence under section 25 [F2or by an EEA broadcaster],
(e)that in the terms on which the licence holder contracts, or offers to contract, for the broadcasting of digital programme services or digital additional services, he does not show undue discrimination either against or in favour of a particular person providing such a service or a class of such persons,
(f)that the licence holder does not, in any agreement with a person providing a digital programme service or digital additional services which entitles that person to use a specified amount of digital capacity on the frequency or frequencies to which the licence relates, restrict that person’s freedom to make arrangements with some other person as to the use of any of that digital capacity (except to the extent that the restriction is reasonably required for the purpose of ensuring the technical quality of the broadcasts or for the purpose of securing compliance with any other condition of the licence),
(g)that the signals carrying the multiplex service attain high standards in terms of technical quality and reliability throughout so much of the area for which the service is provided as is for the time being reasonably practicable, and
(h)that, while the licence is in force, at least 90 per cent. of digital capacity on the frequency or frequencies to which the licence relates is available for the broadcasting of digital programme services, qualifying services, programme-related services or relevant technical services.
(2)Any conditions imposed in pursuance of subsection (1)(a) or (b) may be varied by the Commission with the consent of the licence holder (and section 3(4)(b) shall accordingly not apply to any such variation).
(3)Where the licence holder applies to the Commission for the variation of any condition imposed in pursuance of subsection (1)(b) and relating to the characteristics of any of the digital programme services to be broadcast under the licence, the Commission shall vary the condition accordingly unless it appears to them that, if the application were granted, the capacity of the digital programme services broadcast under the licence to appeal to a variety of tastes and interests would be unacceptably diminished.
[F3(3A)In subsection (1)(c) and (d) “EEA broadcaster” means a person who for the purposes of Council Directive 89/552/EEC is under the jurisdiction of an EEA State other than the United Kingdom.]
(4)In subsection (1)(h)—
(a)“qualifying service” does not include the qualifying teletext service,
(b)“ ” means any digital additional service consisting in the provision of services (apart from advertising) which—
(i)are ancillary to the programmes included in one or more television programme services (within the meaning of Part I of the 1990 Act) and are directly related to the contents of those programmes, or
(ii)relate to the promotion or listing of such programmes, and
(c)“relevant technical service” means any technical service which relates to one or more digital programme services.
(5)The Secretary of State may by order amend subsection (1)(h) by substituting for the percentage for the time being specified there a different percentage specified in the order.
(6)No order under subsection (5) shall be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
(7)Section 10 of the 1990 Act (Government control over licensed services) shall apply in relation to a multiplex service licensed under this Part as it applies in relation to a service licensed under Part I of that Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 12(1)(c) inserted (30.12.1998) by S.I. 1998/3196, reg. 2, Sch. para. 9(2)
F2Words in s. 12(1)(d) inserted (30.12.1998) by S.I. 1998/3196, reg. 2, Sch. para. 9(3)
F3S. 12(3A) inserted (30.12.1998) by S.I. 1998/3196, reg. 2, Sch. para. 9(4)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 12 applied (with modifications)(20.11.1996) by S.I. 1996/2760, art. 5(1)(3)(4)
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