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Part I Digital terrestrial television broadcasting
9. Power to require two or more multiplex licences to be granted to one person.
11. Failure to begin providing licensed service and financial penalties on revocation of licence.
13. Additional payments to be made in respect of multiplex licences.
15. Attribution of multiplex revenue to licence holder and others.
Digital additional services provided on television broadcasting frequencies
Digital broadcasting of services provided by independent analogue broadcasters
Part II Digital terrestrial sound broadcasting
48. Reservation of capacity for independent national broadcasters.
49. Duty of Authority to reserve digital capacity for certain purposes of BBC.
52. Power to require two or more local radio multiplex licences to be granted to one person.
53. Failure to begin providing licensed service and financial penalties on revocation of licence.
54. Conditions attached to national or local radio multiplex licence.
55. Additional payments to be made in respect of national radio multiplex licences.
57. Attribution of multiplex revenue to licence holder and others.
58. Duration and renewal of national or local radio multiplex licences.
59. Enforcement of national or local radio multiplex licences.
Digital additional services provided on sound broadcasting frequencies
Part III Amendments of the Broadcasting Act 1990
74. Provision of news programmes by holders of regional Channel 3 licences.
75. Appointment of news provider by holders of regional Channel 3 licences.
76. Nomination by Commission for purposes of section 31(2) of Broadcasting Act 1990.
77. Modification of Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 in its application to agreements relating to Channel 3 news provision.
78. Variation of regional Channel 3 licence following change of control.
79. Powers of Commission in relation to modification or replacement of networking arrangements.
Miscellaneous amendments relating to television broadcasting
Part V The Broadcasting Standards Commission
Unjust or unfair treatment or unwarranted infringement of privacy
Part VIII Miscellaneous and general
SCHEDULES
Amendments of Broadcasting Act 1990 relating to restrictions on holding of licences
Transfer schemes relating to BBC transmission network: supplementary provisions
Transfer schemes relating to BBC transmission network: successor companies
Transfer schemes relating to BBC transmission network: taxation provisions
Chargeable gains: preparatory transfers etc to be without gain or loss
Chargeable gains: amendment of section 35(3)(d) of the Gains Act
Chargeable gains: sale of successor company : group transactions
Chargeable gains: sale or exchange of shares or securities of successor company
Chargeable gains: receipt of compensation or insurance money
Corporation tax: BBC and successor company to be treated as one for certain purposes
Amendments of Broadcasting Act 1990 relating to services provided by BBC companies
Amendments of Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 relating to cable programme services
Minor and consequential amendments
Part I Amendments of Broadcasting Act 1990 relating to digital terrestrial broadcasting
1.(1) Section 2 of the 1990 Act (regulation by Commission...
2.In section 13 of the 1990 Act (prohibition on providing...
4.In section 72 of the 1990 Act (local delivery services),...
7.In section 97 of the 1990 Act (prohibition on providing...
8.In section 112 of the 1990 Act (licensable sound programme...
Part II Other amendments of Broadcasting Act 1990
12.In section 2 of the 1990 Act (regulation by Commission...
14.In section 33 of the 1990 Act (conditions requiring holder...
15.(1) Section 43 of the 1990 Act (domestic and non-domestic...
16.In section 46 of the 1990 Act (licensable programme services),...
18.In section 72 of the 1990 Act (local delivery services),...
26.In Schedule 19 to the 1990 Act (the Gaelic Broadcasting...
Part III Amendments of other enactments
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