{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/schedule-15/paragraph-87",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/schedule-15/paragraph-87.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/21",
  "legislation_title": "Communications Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/15/paragraph/87",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "87",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 15 of the 1996 Act (attribution of multiplex revenue to licence holder) shall be amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)—\n(a) for “the holder of a multiplex licence” there shall be substituted “ the person who is the multiplex provider in relation to any television multiplex service ”;\n(b) for “of multiplex services in that period,” there shall be substituted “ in that period of television multiplex services, ”;\n(c) for “the holder of the multiplex licence” there shall be substituted, “ the multiplex provider ”.\n(3) In subsection (2)—\n(a) for “a multiplex service” there shall be substituted “ a television multiplex service or a general multiplex service ”;\n(b) for “the holder of the multiplex licence”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ the multiplex provider ”.\n(4) In subsection (3)—\n(a) for “the Commission” there shall be substituted “ OFCOM ”; and\n(b) for “the holder of the multiplex licence” there shall be substituted “ the multiplex provider ”.\n(5) In subsection (4)—\n(a) after “additional services provider” there shall be inserted “ , ‘multiplex provider’ ”; and\n(b) for “a multiplex licence” there shall be substituted “ a television multiplex service or a general multiplex service ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 15 para. 87 in force at 29.12.2003 by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/schedule/15/paragraph/87",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:16.154105+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}