Statutory Instruments
1997 No. 1333

BROADCASTING
The Listed Events (Prescribed Multiplier) Order 1997

Made
19th May 1997

Laid before Parliament
20th May 1997

Coming into force
10th June 1997

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 102(4)(b) of the Broadcasting Act 1996(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Listed Events (Prescribed Multiplier) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 10th June 1997.

2.  The prescribed multiplier for the purposes of section 102(3) of the Broadcasting Act 1996 shall be one.

Chris Smith
Secretary of State for National Heritage
20th May 1997

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)
The Independent Television Commission (“the ITC”) has the power, under section 102(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1996, to require a licence holder to pay a financial penalty for breach of section 101(1) of that Act (restriction on televising of listed events). Such financial penalty must not exceed an amount equal to the price which the ITC determine has been paid for the acquisition of the rights in question multiplied by the prescribed multiplier. The Order prescribes one as that multiplier.

(1)
1996 c. 55.