SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Amendments of Broadcasting Acts

Part 1Amendments of the 1990 Act

Procedure on consideration of applications for Channel 3 licences

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1

Section 16 of the 1990 Act (consideration of applications for Channel 3 licences) shall be amended as follows.

2

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

3

In subsection (1), for “specified in subsection (2) or (3) below (as the case may be)” there shall be substituted

that have to be imposed under Chapter 4 of Part 3 of the Communications Act 2003 by conditions relating to—

i

the public service remit for that service,

ii

programming quotas,

iii

news and current affairs programmes, and

iv

programme production and regional programming

4

Subsections (2) and (3) of that section shall cease to have effect.

5

In subsection (4) of that section—

a

for “specified in subsection (2) or (3) (as the case may be),” there shall be substituted

that have to be imposed under Chapter 4 of Part 3 of the Communications Act 2003 by conditions relating to—

a

the public service remit for that service,

b

programming quotas,

c

news and current affairs programmes, and

d

programme production and regional programming,

b

the words from “and in applying” onwards shall be omitted.

6

Subsections (5) to (8) shall cease to have effect.