SCHEDULEMODIFICATION OF LEGISLATION IN RELATION TO COMMUNITY RADIO SERVICES

PART 1

Modifications to the Broadcasting Act 1990

Definitions applicable in Part 3

8.  Section 126(1) (interpretation of Part 3) has effect as if—

(a)after the definition of “cash bid” there were added—

“community” means—

(a)

the persons who live or work or undergo education or training in a particular Island of the Bailiwick of Guernsey or an area or locality therein, or

(b)

persons who (whether or not they fall within paragraph (a)) have one or more interests or characteristics in common;

“community radio licence” means a licence to provide a community radio service;

“community radio service” has the meaning given in article 3(1) of the Community Radio (Guernsey) Order 2013;;

(b)after the definition of “radio transfer date”, there were added—

“relevant community” means, in relation to a community radio service, the community or communities which that service is intended to serve;; and

(c)after the definition of “simulcast radio service”, there were added—

“social gain”, in relation to a community radio service, has the meaning given by article 3(2) of the Community Radio (Guernsey) Order 2013;.

(1)

Section 126 was amended by section 148(1) of, and paragraph 9, Part 1, of Schedule 10 to, the Broadcasting Act 1996, as extended by S.I. 2003/3192, and by sections 256(2) and (3) and 360(3) of, and paragraph 59, Part 1, of Schedule 15 to, the Communications Act 2003 and repealed in part by section 406(7) of, and Schedule 19(1) to, the Communications Act 2003.