SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Amendments of Broadcasting Acts

Part 2Amendments of the 1996 Act

Multiplex revenue

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1

Section 56 of the 1996 Act (multiplex revenue) shall be amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

for “section 55(1)” there shall be substituted “ this Part ”;

b

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

c

in paragraph (a)(i), “to which the licence relates” shall be omitted;

d

in paragraphs (c) and (d), for “the holder of the radio multiplex licence” there shall be substituted “ the multiplex provider ”.

3

In subsections (2) to (8)—

a

for “the holder of the radio multiplex licence”, “the licence holder” and “the holder of the multiplex licence”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted, in each case, “ the multiplex provider ”; and

b

for “the Authority”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ OFCOM ”.

4

In subsection (9)—

a

for “a national radio multiplex licence”, in each place, there shall be substituted “ a national radio multiplex service ”;

b

for “the radio multiplex service to which the licence relates”, in each place, there shall be substituted “ that radio multiplex service ”;

c

after the definition of “additional services provider” there shall be inserted—

“multiplex provider”—

a

in relation to a national radio multiplex service for which a person holds a licence under this Part, means the licence holder; and

b

in relation to a national radio multiplex service which is not licensed under this Part, means the person who provides that service.