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Communications Act 2003, Paragraph 8 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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8(1)A person is not to hold any two local radio multiplex licences at the same time where the [protected area] of one of the licensed services overlaps with the [protected area] of the other in a way that means that the potential audience for one of them is or includes at least half the potential audience of the other.U.K.
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(3)Where a person is in contravention of this paragraph in respect of the holding by him of local radio multiplex licences, that contravention is to be disregarded in relation to any time if—
(a)he held those licences immediately before the commencement of this paragraph;
(b)his holding of those licences immediately before the commencement of this paragraph was not in contravention of paragraph 11(4) of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act; and
(c)there has not been a relevant change of circumstances between the commencement of this paragraph and that time.
(4)There is a relevant change of circumstances in the case of the person in contravention if another person becomes the holder of the two pre-commencement licences in relation to which the contravention arises.
(5)In sub-paragraph (4) “pre-commencement licence”, in relation to a person and a time, means a local radio multiplex licence held by him immediately before the commencement of this paragraph and still held by him at that time.
[(6)In this paragraph, in relation to a local radio multiplex service—
(7)In sub-paragraph (6), “the relevant licence” means the local radio multiplex licence under which the multiplex service concerned is authorised to be provided.]
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