{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/television-multiplex-services-renewal-of-multiplex-licences-order-2021/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/television-multiplex-services-renewal-of-multiplex-licences-order-2021/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2021/941",
  "legislation_title": "The Television Multiplex Services (Renewal of Multiplex Licences) Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/television-multiplex-services-renewal-of-multiplex-licences-order-2021",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order modifies Part 1 of the Broadcasting Act 1996 to give OFCOM the power to further renew the Multiplex A, B, C, D and Multiplex 2 licences. These are licences to provide television multiplex services - the means by which digital terrestrial television is broadcast (i.e. digital television services received via a conventional aerial).\nSection 16 is modified to allow OFCOM to renew the licences for a second time for a period ending on or before 31st December 2034. Section 16 is also modified to give OFCOM the powers to ensure that the Multiplex 2 licence continues to be held by a company controlled by one or more public service broadcasters.\nThis Order also modifies Part 1 of that Act to give OFCOM the power to revoke the Multiplex A, B, C, D and Multiplex 2 licences for spectrum management reasons where such licences have been renewed on a second occasion. Section 16A sets out the procedure to be followed by OFCOM which provides for a notice period of five years, allows for representations from the licence holder, and ensures that the revocation cannot take effect earlier than 31st December 2030.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/941/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:09:50.831536+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."
}