Explanatory note

(This Note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 by increasing the upper limit on the number of licences to provide local radio services which may be held by any one person from twenty to thirty-five.

This Order also amends the Broadcasting (Restrictions on the Holding of Licences) Order 1991 by removing a number of restrictions on the holding of licences to provide certain categories of local and national radio services and making one amendment in consequence of the above amendment to Schedule 2.