SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Amendments of Broadcasting Acts

Part 2Amendments of the 1996 Act

Disqualification for supplying false information

140

(1)

Section 145 of the 1996 Act (disqualification for offence of supplying false information) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (5), for “the relevant authority” there shall be substituted OFCOM.

(3)

In subsection (7)—

(a)

for “5(1)(a) and 88(1)(a)” there shall be substituted “ 5(1)(a) and (2)(db), 32(12) and 88(1)(a) and (2)(db) ”; and

(b)

for “5(1)(a) and 44(1)(a)” there shall be substituted “ 5(1)(a) and (2)(db) and 44(1)(a) and (2)(db) ”.

(4)

In subsection (8) of that section, for the definition of “licence” there shall be substituted—

““licence” means a licence under Part 1 or 3 of the 1990 Act or under Part 1 or 2 of this Act;”.