SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Amendments of Broadcasting Acts

Part 2Amendments of the 1996 Act

General licence conditions

103

(1)

Section 43 of the 1996 Act (general licence conditions) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

For “the Authority”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted OFCOM.

(3)

In subsection (1) (conditions may include conditions to give effect to duties imposed by or under 1990 Act or 1996 Act)—

(a)

in paragraph (a), for “the 1990 Act or this Act” there shall be substituted “ this Act, the 1990 Act or the Communications Act 2003 ”; and

(b)

in paragraph (d), after “this Act” there shall be inserted “ , the 1990 Act or the Communications Act 2003 ”.

(4)

In subsection (2), sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) and the word “or” immediately preceding it shall be omitted.

(5)

In subsection (3) (fixing of fees), the words from “and the amount” onwards shall be omitted.