92 Renewal of licences to provide national radio services

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92  Renewal of licences to provide national radio services

After section 103 of the 1990 Act there is inserted—

“103A Renewal of national licences

(1)     A national 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)     An application for the renewal of a national 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.

(3)     Where any such application is made before the relevant date—

(a)     if no simulcast radio service provided by the applicant is being broadcast in digital form when the application is made, the Authority shall postpone the consideration of the application until the relevant date or, if earlier, the date on which the broadcasting of such a service in that form begins, and

(b)     in any other case, the Authority may postpone the consideration of the application for so long as they think appropriate having regard to subsection (8).

(4)     Where an application for the renewal of a national

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