Paragraph 12

Section 58 (duration and renewal of national or local radio multiplex licences) has effect as if—

(a)

in the heading, for “national or local” there were substituted “small-scale”;

(b)

in subsection (1)—

(i)

before “radio” there were inserted “small-scale”;

(ii)

for “twelve” there were substituted “seven”;

(c)

for subsection (2) there were substituted—

“(2)
A small-scale radio multiplex licence may be renewed on one occasion for a period of five years beginning with the date on which it would otherwise expire.”;

(d)

for subsection (3) there were substituted—

“(3)
An application for renewal of a small-scale radio multiplex licence under subsection (2) may be made by the licence holder not earlier than 18 months before the date on which it would otherwise cease to be in force and not later than the day falling six months before that date.”;

(e)

in subsection (4)—

(i)

in paragraph (a)(i), “46(4)(b) or” were omitted;

(ii)

paragraph (a)(ii) were omitted;

(iii)

in paragraph (b), “46(4)(b)(i) and (ii) or” were omitted;

(iv)

at the end of paragraph (b) there were inserted “, and” and after that paragraph there were inserted—

“(c)
specify the digital capacity on the frequency to be reserved for the broadcasting of community digital sound programme services.”;

(f)

subsections (8) and (9) were omitted;

(g)

in subsection (10), the words from “but in the case” to the end were omitted;

(h)

in subsection (11), before “radio” there were inserted “small-scale”;

(i)

subsections (12) and (12A)^f1 were omitted;

(j)

in subsection (13), before “radio” there were inserted “small-scale” and “46(1) or” were omitted.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Subsection (12A) was inserted by section 360(3) of, and paragraph 117 of Schedule 15 to, the 2003 Act.