SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2 Restrictions on the Holding of Licences
C1C2Part II Disqualification for Holding Licences
Sch. 2 Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (25.10.2019) by The Small-scale Radio Multiplex and Community Digital Radio Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1387), arts. 1, 5
General disqualification on grounds of undue influence
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1
A person is a disqualified person in relation to F1a Broadcasting Act licence if in the opinion of F2OFCOM—
a
any relevant body is, by the giving of financial assistance or otherwise, exerting influence over the activities of that person, and
b
that influence has led, is leading or is likely to lead to results which are adverse to the public interest.
2
In sub-paragraph (1) “relevant body”—
a
in relation to a licence granted F3under Part 1 of this Act or Part 1 of the Broadcasting Act 1996, means a person falling within paragraph 1(1)(c) to (h) or (j) above or a body which is controlled—
i
by a person falling within paragraph 1(1)(c) to (g) above, or
ii
by two or more such persons taken together; and
b
in relation to a licence granted F4under Part 3 of this Act or Part 2 of the Broadcasting Act 1996, means a person falling within paragraph 1(1)(c) to (h) or (j) or 3 above or a body which is controlled .
F5i
by a person falling within paragraph 1(1)(c) to (g) above;
ii
by a person falling within paragraph 3 above; or
iii
by two or more persons taken together each of whom falls within sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) (whether or not they all fall within the same sub-paragraph).
Sch. 2 Pt. II applied (with modifications) (20.7.2004) by The Community Radio Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1944), arts. 1(2), 6 (as amended (27.3.2015) by S.I. 2015/1000, art. 2)