SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Amendments of Broadcasting Acts

Part 2Amendments of the 1996 Act

Enforcement of digital sound programme licences

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(1)

Section 62 of the 1996 Act (enforcement of digital sound programme licences) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

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

(3)

In subsection (4), for the words from “national radio multiplex service” onwards there shall be substituted “ relevant multiplex service, means the last accounting period of the multiplex provider ”.

(4)

In subsection (5)—

(a)

for “national radio multiplex service” there shall be substituted “ relevant multiplex service ”;

(b)

for “holder of the national radio multiplex licence” there shall be substituted “ multiplex provider ”; and

(c)

for “the radio multiplex service” and “that radio multiplex service” there shall be substituted “ that relevant multiplex service ”.

(5)

After subsection (5A) (inserted by Schedule 13) there shall be inserted—

“(5B)

For the purposes of this section, a service is a relevant multiplex service if it is—

(a)

a national radio multiplex service;

(b)

a television multiplex service; or

(c)

a general multiplex service.

(5C)

In this section, “multiplex provider”—

(a)

in relation to a national radio multiplex service, means the multiplex provider within the meaning of section 56; and

(b)

in relation to a television multiplex service or a general multiplex service, means the multiplex provider within the meaning of section 14.”

(6)

In subsection (10) for “apology” there shall be substituted “ statement of findings ”.