Part 2 Broadcasting Act 1996
Communications Act 2003 (2003 c 21) | Legislation

Part 2 Broadcasting Act 1996

Preliminary

10

The 1996 Act shall be amended as follows.

Revocation of television multiplex licences

11

(1)     In subsection (5) of section 11 (penalty on revocation of television multiplex licence), the words from “not exceeding†onwards shall be omitted.

(2)     For subsection (6) of that section (amount of penalty) there shall be substituted—

“(5A)     The maximum amount which a person may be required to pay by way of a penalty under subsection (5) is the maximum penalty given by subsections (5B) and (5C).

(5B)     In a case where the licence is revoked under this section or the penalty is imposed before the end of the first complete accounting period of the licence holder to fall within the period for which the licence is in force, the maximum penalty is whichever is the greater of—

(a)     £500,000; and

(b)     7 per cent of the amount which OFCOM estimate would have been the multiplex revenue for the first complete accounting period of the licence holder falling within the period for which the licence would have been in force.

(5C)     In any other case, the maximum penalty is whichever is the greater of—

(a)

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