44 Restrictions on holding of licences under Part II

44  Restrictions on holding of licences under Part II

(1)     [OFCOM] shall do all that they can to secure—

(a)     that a person does not become or remain the holder of a licence if he is a person who is a disqualified person in relation to that licence by virtue of Part II of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act (as amended by this Act); and

[(b)     that a person does not become the holder of a licence if requirements imposed by or under Schedule 14 to the Communications Act 2003 would be contravened were he to do so; and

(c)     that those requirements are not contravened in the case of a person who already holds a licence].

(2)     [OFCOM] may accordingly—

(a)     require any applicant for a licence to provide them with such information as they may reasonably require for the purpose of determining—

(i)     whether he is such a disqualified person as is mentioned in subsection (1)(a),

(ii)     whether any such requirements as are mentioned in subsection (1)(b) would preclude them from granting a licence to him, and

(iii)     if so, what steps would be required to be taken by or in relation to him in order for

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