Media Bill - Committee (2nd Day) – in the House of Lords at 6:00 pm on 20 May 2024.
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay:
Moved by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
36: Schedule 2, page 123, line 22, leave out “for “televise” substitute “show”” and insert “after “means” insert “—(i) in relation to a financial penalty imposed under subsection (A1) or (B1), an amount determined by ofcom to be the value of the rights to include coverage of the event in question in the relevant service at the time when the rights are acquired, and(ii) in relation to a financial penalty imposed under subsection (1) or (2),””Member’s explanatory statementThis Amendment specifies the method for determining the maximum financial penalty that OFCOM may impose under section 102(A1) or (B1) of the Broadcasting Act 1996.
37: Schedule 2, page 123, line 31, leave out “(b),” and insert “(b)—(i) for “section 102(1)” substitute “section 102(A1) or (1)”;”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment adds a consequential amendment relating to paragraph 16 of Schedule 2.
38: Schedule 2, page 124, line 2, after first “coverage”” insert “, “adequate live coverage””Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment is consequential upon Clause 23.
39: Schedule 2, page 124, line 7, leave out sub-paragraph (4)Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment and my amendments to Schedule 2 at page 124, line 14, and at page 124, line 20, remove definitions of terms and are further to amendments made in the House of Commons.
40: Schedule 2, page 124, line 14, after “service”” insert “and “television broadcasting service””Member’s explanatory statementSee the explanatory statement for my amendment to Schedule 2 at page 124, line 7.
41: Schedule 2, page 124, leave out lines 20 and 21Member’s explanatory statementSee the explanatory statement for my amendment to Schedule 2 at page 124, line 7.
Amendments 36 to 41 agreed.
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