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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-legislative-reform-renewal-of-national-radio-multiplex-licences-order-2022/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2022/9780348231663",
  "legislation_title": "The Legislative Reform (Renewal of National Radio Multiplex Licences) Order 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-legislative-reform-renewal-of-national-radio-multiplex-licences-order-2022",
  "path": "article/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Broadcasting Act 1996",
  "text": "In section 58 (duration and renewal of national or local radio multiplex licences)—\n(a) in subsection (2), at the beginning insert “Subject to subsection (2A),”;\n(b) after subsection (2) insert—\n“(2A) A national radio multiplex licence granted (or renewed under this section) before the commencement of this subsection may be renewed (or further renewed) in accordance with this section for a period ending with 31st December 2035.”;\n(c) after subsection (3) insert—\n“(3A) An application for the renewal of a national radio multiplex licence under subsection (2A) may be made by the licence holder not later than the relevant date.”;\n(d) in paragraph (a) of subsection (12A), after “date determined” insert “, subject to subsection (12B)”;\n(e) after subsection (12A) insert—\n“(12B) Subsection (12A)(a) does not prevent a determination for the purposes of subsection (12) being made less than one year before the date determined where—\n(a) the renewal of the licence in question would be a renewal under subsection (2A), and\n(b) the determination is made as soon as practicable after the commencement of this subsection.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Subsection (2) was amended by section 261 of the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) and S.I. 2015/904."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Subsection (12A) was inserted by section 360(3) of, and paragraph 117 of Schedule 15 to, the Communications Act 2003."
    }
  ],
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  },
  "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."
}