The Broadcasting (Restrictions on the Holding of Licences) Order 1991

Introductory

11.—(1) In addition to the limits on the holding of licences to providenational, local and restricted radio services set out in paragraph 2(1)of Part III of Schedule 2 to the Act (no person to hold more than onelicence for national radio, 20 licences for local radio or six licencesfor restricted radio services) there shall be the limits set out in thisPart; and for this purpose particular categories of radio services shallbe ascribed points according to the table set out below.

TABLE III

Category of service	Points
National radio	25
Category A local radio	15
Category B local radio	8
Category C local radio	3
Category D local radio	1
Restricted radio service provided otherwise than for a particular event	1

(2) For the purpose of the table a local radio service falls—

(a) into category A if the number of persons over the age of 15resident in the area for which the service is provided exceeds 4.5million;

(b) into category B if the number of such persons exceeds 1 million butdoes not exceed 4.5 million;

(c) into category C if the number of such persons exceeds 400,000 butdoes not exceed 1 million; and

(d) into category D if the number of such persons does not exceed400,000.

(3) In the case of a service provided on an amplitude modulated (AM)frequency the relevant number of points applicable to the service byvirtue of the table shall be reduced by one third.

(4) A service which, on the day on which the licence to provide it isgranted, falls into a particular category for the purposes of the tableshall continue to be regarded as falling into that category as long asany increase or decrease in the relevant number of persons over the ageof 15 (which would otherwise take the service outside that category)does not exceed 10%.

(5) A person who is a participant with more than a 20% interest in abody corporate which is the holder of a licence to provide a servicefalling within any of the categories set out in the table, but who doesnot control that body, shall, for the purposes of the limits set out inarticle 12, be treated as the holder of a licence to provide a serviceto which one half of the points (which would otherwise be applicable tosuch a service) are ascribed.

(6) In this Part references to the area for which a particular serviceis provided are references to the measured coverage area determined bythe Radio Authority for that service.