94 Renewal of licences to provide local radio services

94  Renewal of licences to provide local radio services

(1)     After section 104 of the 1990 Act there is inserted—

“104A Renewal of local licences

(1)     A local licence may (subject to the following provisions of this section) be renewed on one occasion for a period of eight years beginning with the date of renewal.

(2)     No application for the renewal of a local licence under subsection (1) may be made before the Authority first publish a notice pursuant to section 50(2) of the Broadcasting Act 1996 inviting applications for a licence to provide a relevant local radio multiplex service.

(3)     Subject to subsection (2), an application for the renewal of a local licence under subsection (1) may be made by the licence holder not earlier than three years before the date on which it would otherwise cease to be in force and not later than the relevant date.

(4)     The applicant must, in his application or at any time before the consideration of his application, nominate—

(a)     a local digital sound programme service provided or to be provided by him, and

(b)     a relevant local radio multiplex service,

but may not nominate together a local digital sound programme service

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