SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Amendments of Broadcasting Acts

Part 2Amendments of the 1996 Act

Attribution of multiplex revenue to multiplex providers

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(1)

Section 15 of the 1996 Act (attribution of multiplex revenue to licence holder) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)—

(a)

for “the holder of a multiplex licence” there shall be substituted “ the person who is the multiplex provider in relation to any television multiplex service ”;

(b)

for “of multiplex services in that period,” there shall be substituted “ in that period of television multiplex services, ”;

(c)

for “the holder of the multiplex licence” there shall be substituted, “ the multiplex provider ”.

(3)

In subsection (2)—

(a)

for “a multiplex service” there shall be substituted “ a television multiplex service or a general multiplex service ”;

(b)

for “the holder of the multiplex licence”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ the multiplex provider ”.

(4)

In subsection (3)—

(a)

for “the Commission” there shall be substituted “ OFCOM ”; and

(b)

for “the holder of the multiplex licence” there shall be substituted “ the multiplex provider ”.

(5)

In subsection (4)—

(a)

after “additional services provider” there shall be inserted “ , ‘multiplex provider’ ”; and

(b)

for “a multiplex licence” there shall be substituted “ a television multiplex service or a general multiplex service ”.