Article 4 Description of a community digital sound programme service
A community digital sound programme service is a digital sound programme service of the following description—
it is provided for broadcasting by means of a small-scale or local radio multiplex service,
it is intended only for reception within a particular area or locality, and
it has the characteristics set out in paragraphs (2) to (6).
It is a characteristic of a community digital sound programme service that it is provided primarily—
for the good of members of the public, or of particular communities, and
in order to deliver social gain,
rather than primarily for commercial reasons or for the financial or other material gain of the individuals involved in providing the service.
It is a characteristic of a community digital sound programme service that it is intended primarily to serve one or more communities (whether or not it also serves other members of the public).
It is a characteristic of a community digital sound programme service that the person providing the service—
does not do so in order to make a financial profit by so doing, and
uses any profit that is produced in the provision of the service wholly and exclusively for securing or improving the future provision of the service, or for the delivery of social gain to members of the public or the community that the service is intended to serve.
It is a characteristic of a community digital sound programme service that members of the community it is intended to serve are given opportunities to participate in the operation and management of the service.
It is a characteristic of a community digital sound programme service that, in respect of the provision of that service, the person providing the service makes themselves accountable to the community that the service is intended to service.