SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Amendments of Broadcasting Acts

Part 1Amendments of the 1990 Act

Licences under Part 1

1

(1)

Section 3 of the 1990 Act (licensing under Part 1) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

For “the Commission” and “The Commission”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ OFCOM ”.

(3)

In subsection (1), for “Chapter II, III, IV or V of this Part” there shall be substituted “ Chapter 2 or 5 of this Part or section 235 of the Communications Act 2003 ”.

(4)

For subsection (8) (saving for telecommunications licences) there shall be substituted—

“(8)

The holding by a person of a licence under this Part shall not relieve him of—

(a)

any liability in respect of a failure to hold a licence under section 1 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949; or

(b)

any obligation to comply with requirements imposed by or under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Communications Act 2003 (electronic communications networks and electronic communications services).”