Amendment of the Communications Act 2003

2.—(1) Section 204 of the Communications Act 2003 (Welsh Authority’s function of providing S4C and S4C Digital) is amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (3) substitute—

“(3) The carrying out of that function—

(a) must include the continuing provision of the service provided in digital form and known as S4C Digital; and

(b) may include the continuing provision of the television broadcasting service known as Sianel Pedwar Cymru (“S4C”).”.

(3) For subsection (4) substitute—

“(4) The duty of the Welsh Authority to provide S4C Digital includes a duty to secure that arrangements are made and remain in force for it to be broadcast in digital form.”.