Part VIII Miscellaneous and general
Provision of false information, etc.
145 Disqualification for offence of supplying false information, etc.
1
Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 144 the court by which he is convicted may make an order (in this section referred to as a “disqualification order”) disqualifying him from holding a licence during a period specified in the order.
2
The period specified in a disqualification order shall not exceed five years beginning with the date on which the order takes effect.
3
Where an individual is disqualified from holding a licence by virtue of a disqualification order, any body corporate—
a
of which he is a director, or
b
in the management of which he is directly or indirectly concerned,
is also disqualified from holding a licence.
4
Where the holder of a licence is disqualified by virtue of a disqualification order, the licence shall be treated as being revoked with effect from the time when the order takes effect.
5
For the purposes of any of the provisions specified in subsection (6) (which relate to the imposition of a financial penalty on the revocation of a licence), a licence which is revoked by virtue of subsection (4) shall be taken to have been revoked by F1OFCOM as mentioned in that provision.
6
The provisions referred to in subsection (5) are as follows—
a
section 18(3) of the 1990 Act,
b
section 101(3) of the 1990 Act,
c
section 11(5), and
d
section 53(5).
7
In sections F25(1)(a) and (2)(db)F5... and 88(1)(a) and (2)(db) of the 1990 Act and sections F35(1)(a) and (2)(db) and 44(1)(a) and (2)(db) of this Act, the reference to a person who is a disqualified person by virtue of Part II of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act includes a reference to a person who is disqualified by virtue of a disqualification order.