Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 1176

The Broadcasting (Restrictions on the Holding of Licences) Order 1991

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1991 No. 1176

BROADCASTING

The Broadcasting (Restrictions on the Holding of Licences) Order 1991

Made	9th May 1991

Coming into force

10th May 1991

Whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution ofeach House of Parliament;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by theprovisions of the Broadcasting Act 1990^[1] set out in article 1(3), I hereby make the followingOrder:

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.—(1)  This Order may be cited as the Broadcasting (Restrictions on theHolding of Licences) Order 1991 and shall come into force on the dayafter the day on which it is made.

    (2)  In this Order—
 (a) "the Act" means the Broadcasting Act 1990; and
 (b) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an articleor Part is to an article or Part of this Order, and any reference in anarticle to a paragraph is to a paragraph of that article.

    (3)  This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by section200(2) of, and the following provisions of Schedule 2 to, the Act:
 (a) in Part III—
 (i) paragraph 2(3)(b) and (4),
 (ii) paragraph 4,
 (iii) paragraph 5(3)(b),
 (iv) paragraph 9, and
 (v) paragraph 10;
 (b) in Part IV—
 (i) paragraph 2(5)(c) and (e),
 (ii) paragraph 3(5)(c) and (e), and
 (iii) paragraph 5;
 (c) Part V.

    (4)  Without prejudice to its earlier revocation, article 4 shall ceaseto have effect in relation to a licence for an area specified in any ofsub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c) or (d) of paragraph (2) when licences forall the areas specified in that sub-paragraph have been granted.

    2.—(1)  For the purposes of articles 3, 4, 5, 12 and 13, a person shall betreated as holding a licence if the licence is held by a personconnected with him.

    (2)  Any restrictions on participation imposed on the holder of a licenceby articles 5 and 13 shall apply to him as if he and every personconnected with him were one person.

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Notes:

[1] 1990 c. 42.

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