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Additional functions of Commission.
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4.— (1) It shall be the function of the Commission to arrange, in accordance with this Act, for the establishment, maintenance and operation of multiplexes, including national multiplexes, in addition to any multiplexes established, maintained and operated by the Authority under section 16(1) of the Act of 1960.
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(2) For the purpose of subsection (1) the Commission shall, with persons (in this Act referred to as “multiplex contractors”), enter into contracts (in this Act referred to as “multiplex contracts”) under which the multiplex contractors have, subject to the provisions of this Act, the right and duty to establish, maintain and operate a multiplex in the area specified in the multiplex contract.
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(3) It shall be a duty of the Commission to ensure that every multiplex contractor complies with the provisions of this Act.
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(4) It shall be a duty of the Commission to endeavour to arrange, as a matter of priority, for the establishment, maintenance and operation of three national television multiplexes, which multiplexes, in so far as it is reasonably practicable, shall be capable of being transmitted by digital terrestrial means to the whole community in the State.
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(5) It shall be a duty of the Commission to endeavour to arrange for the broadcasting of any television broadcasting service in Northern Ireland that is notified to the Commission by the Minister, being a service that is receivable throughout the whole of Northern Ireland and is provided by terrestrial means, by digital means under a multiplex contract.
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(6) The Commission shall have all such powers as are necessary for or incidental to the performance of its functions under this Act including, in particular, the power to consult with the Commission for Communications Regulation as it sees fit.
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