253 Extension and modification of existing licences

253  Extension and modification of existing licences

(1)     A person who immediately before the radio transfer date holds a pre-transfer national licence or a pre-transfer local licence is entitled, in accordance with the following provisions of this section, to apply to OFCOM for an extension of the licence.

(2)     The period for which a licence may be extended on such an application is a period ending not more than four years after the end of the period for which it was granted originally or (if it has been renewed) for which it was last renewed.

(3)     An application under subsection (1) may only be made in the period which—

(a)     begins three years before the date on which the licence would otherwise expire; and

(b)     ends three months before the day that OFCOM have determined to be the day by which they would need to publish a notice under section 98(1) or 104(1) of the 1990 Act if they were proposing to grant a fresh licence to take effect from that date.

(4)     A determination for the purposes of subsection (3)(b)—

(a)     must be made at least one year before the day determined; and

(b)     must be notified by OFCOM

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