245 Regulation of independent radio services
Communications Act 2003 (2003 c 21) | Legislation

Chapter 3
Regulatory Structure for Independent Radio Services

Preliminary

245  Regulation of independent radio services

(1)     It shall be a function of OFCOM to regulate the following services in accordance with this Act, the 1990 Act and the 1996 Act—

(a)     services specified in subsection (2) that are provided from places in the United Kingdom and otherwise than by the BBC;

(b)     services so specified that do not fall within paragraph (a) but are provided by a person, other than the BBC, whose principal place of business is in the United Kingdom;

[(c)     digital sound programme services that do not fall within paragraph (a) or (b) but—

(i)     are provided from a place in a qualifying country, and

(ii)     are or are intended to be broadcast by means of a local radio multiplex service or small-scale radio multiplex service].

(2)     The services referred to in subsection

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