Enterprise Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:45 pm on 7 May 2002.
`(as the case may be)'.
This is a drafting amendment to ensure consistency with other sectoral legislation. I ask the Committee to support it.
Amendment agreed to.
Amendment made, No. 375, in page 213, line 32, at end insert—
`Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42)
4A For section 193 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 (modification of networking arrangements in consequence of reports under competition legislation) there shall be substituted—
"193 Modification of networking arrangements in consequence of competition legislation
(1) Where the Office of Fair Trading, the Competition Commission or (as the case may be) the Secretary of State (in this section "the relevant authority") makes a relevant order, the order may also provide for the modification of any networking arrangements to such extent as may appear to the relevant authority to be requisite or expedient for the purpose of giving effect to, or taking account of, any provision made by the order.
(2) In subsection (1) "relevant order" means—
(a) an order under section 71, 79 or 80 of, or paragraph 5, 10 or 11 of Schedule 6 to, the Enterprise Act 2002 where—
(i) one or more than one of the enterprises which have, or may have, ceased to be distinct enterprises was engaged in the provision of programmes for broadcasting in regional Channel 3 services; or
(ii) one or more than one of the enterprises which will or may cease to be distinct enterprises is engaged in the provision of such programmes; or
(b) an order under section 152 or 153 of that Act where the feature, or combination of features, of the market in the United Kingdom for goods or services which prevents, restricts or distorts competition relates to the provision of programmes for broadcasting in regional Channel 3 services.
(3) Expressions used in subsection (2) and in Part 3 or (as the case may be) Part 4 of the Enterprise Act 2002 have the same meanings in that subsection as in that Part.
(4) In this section —
"networking arrangements" means any such arrangements as are mentioned in section 39(1) above; and
"regional Channel 3 service" has the meaning given by section 14(6) above."'.—[Miss Melanie Johnson.]
Schedule 8, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 161 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
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