SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 Restrictions on the Holding of Licences

Part I General

F13B

1

For the purposes of this Schedule—

a

a person who holds a licence to provide digital programme services shall be taken to provide a digital programme service if, under a contract between him and a person who holds a licence to provide a television multiplex service, that person is obliged to broadcast the digital programme service by means of the television multiplex service;

b

a person who holds a licence to provide national digital sound programme services shall be taken to provide a national digital sound programme service if, under a contract between him and a person who holds a licence to provide a national radio multiplex service, that person is obliged to broadcast the national digital sound programme service by means of the national radio multiplex service;

c

a person who holds a licence to provide local digital sound programme services shall be taken to provide a local digital sound programme service if, under a contract between him and a person who holds a licence to provide a local radio multiplex service, that person is obliged to broadcast the local digital sound programme service by means of the local radio multiplex service.

2

For the purposes of this Schedule a person who holds a licence to provide digital programme services, national digital sound programme services or local digital sound programme services shall also be taken to provide a digital programme service, a national digital sound programme service or a local digital sound programme service (as the case may be) if he also holds a relevant multiplex licence and is broadcasting that service under that licence.

3

In sub-paragraph (2), “relevant multiplex licence” means—

a

in relation to digital programme services, a licence to provide a television multiplex service,

b

in relation to national digital sound programme services, a licence to provide a national radio multiplex service, and

c

in relation to local digital sound programme services, a licence to provide a local radio multiplex service.