Broadcasting Act, 2001

Amendment of Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act, 1993.

33.—With respect to the financial year 2001 and subsequent financial years, section 4 of the Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act, 1993 , shall have effect as if—

(a) in subsection (7)(a), “vary the sum referred to in the definition of ‘the appropriate amount’” were substituted for “vary an amount or percentage referred to in column (2) of the Table to this section or the amount referred to in paragraph (i) of the definition of ‘the appropriate amount’”,

(b) in subsection (8)—

(i) the following definition were substituted for the definition of “the appropriate amount” in paragraph (a):

“‘the appropriate amount’ means the sum of £20,000,000 as increased by an amount equal to the appropriate percentage of the said sum;”,

(ii) the definition of “television programme expenditure” in paragraph (a) were deleted, and

(iii) the following paragraph were substituted for paragraph (b):

“(b) In this subsection ‘the appropriate percentage’ means the difference between the consumer price index number at mid-August, 2000, and the said number at the mid-August immediately preceding the financial year concerned expressed as a percentage of the first-mentioned number.”,

and

(c) the following Table were substituted for the Table to the section:

“TABLE

Financial year

Amount of monies to be paid by the Authority into the account

(1)

(2)

2001

£20,000,000

Each subsequent financial year

The appropriate amount