SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Amendments of Broadcasting Acts

Part 2Amendments of the 1996 Act

Award of local multiplex licences

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(1)

Section 51 of the 1996 Act (award of local multiplex licences) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

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

(3)

In subsection (2), for paragraph (f) there shall be substituted—

“(f)

the extent to which there is evidence that, amongst persons living in that area or locality, there is a demand for, or support for, the provision of the proposed service; and”.