C1Part III Independent Radio Services
C1Chapter I Regulation by Authority of Independent Radio Services Generally
Function of Authority
F184 Regulation by Authority of independent radio services.
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85 Licensing functions of Authority.
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F4OFCOM shall do all that they can to secure the provision within the United Kingdom of—
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a diversity of national services each catering for tastes and interests different from those catered for by the others and of which—
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one is a service the greater part of which consists in the broadcasting of spoken material, and
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another is a service which consists, wholly or mainly, in the broadcasting of music which, in the opinion of F4OFCOM, is not pop music; and
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a range and diversity of local services.
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The Secretary of State may by order make such amendments of subsection (2)(a) as he considers appropriate—
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for including in that provision a requirement that one of the national services there referred to should be a service of a particular description, or
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for removing such a requirement from that provision;
and (without prejudice to the generality of section 200(2)(b)) any such order may make such consequential amendments of section 98(1)(b)(iii) as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
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In subsection (2)(a)(ii) “pop music” includes rock music and other kinds of modern popular music which are characterised by a strong rhythmic element and a reliance on electronic amplification for their performance (whether or not, in the case of any particular piece of rock or other such music, the music in question enjoys a current popularity as measured by the number of recordings sold).
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An order shall not be made under subsection (5) unless a draft of it has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
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In this section “relevant independent radio services” means the following services so far as they are services falling to be regulated under section 245 of the Communications Act 2003—
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sound broadcasting services;
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radio licensable content services;
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additional radio services.
Pt. 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)