# The Media Ownership (Local Radio and Appointed News Provider) Order 2003, Article 14: Restriction on holding of local radio multiplex licence: meaning of “potential audience”


(1) In Part 2 of Schedule 14 to the 2003 Act, paragraph 8 (restriction on holding of local radio multiplex licences) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1), for “coverage area”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted “protected area”.
(3) Sub-paragraph (2) is hereby repealed.
(4) After sub-paragraph (5) there shall be added—
“(6) In this paragraph, in relation to a local radio multiplex service—
“potential audience” means the persons who have attained the age of 15 years and reside within the protected area for that multiplex service; and
“the protected area” means—
(a) subject to paragraph (b), the area or locality specified in a notice published under section 50(1) of the 1996 Act as that in which that multiplex service is to be available; or
(b) if different from that area or locality, the area or locality specified in the relevant licence as that in which that multiplex service is to be available.
(7) In sub-paragraph (6), “the relevant licence” means the local radio multiplex licence under which the multiplex service concerned is authorised to be provided.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2003/0110482107/article/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-media-ownership-local-radio-and-appointed-news-provider-order-2003/article-14
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