Part 6: Miscellaneous Section 91: Suspension of radio licences for inciting crime or disorder
Subsection (1) replaces section 111B of the Broadcasting Act 1990 to give Ofcom the ability to suspend (pending a decision whether to revoke) the licence of a radio station that has breached a condition of its broadcast licence by broadcasting material which, in Ofcom’s view, is likely to encourage or incite the commission of crime or lead to disorder. This replaces a power for Ofcom to rapidly suspend licences (pending a decision to revoke) which previously only applied to Radio Licensable Content Services (RLCS) broadcasting via satellite and cable platforms; this new power applies the same procedure to all types of radio licences.
	Subsection (1) of the new section 111B requires Ofcom to serve a notice suspending a radio service licence if they are satisfied that the licensee has breached a condition of its licence by broadcasting material likely to encourage or incite the commission of crime or lead to disorder and Ofcom considers the contravention justifies the revocation of the licence.
	New subsection (2) specifies that the notice served on the licence holder by Ofcom must set out the reasons why it considers the licensee has failed to comply with its licence condition and give the licensee a period of 21 days during which it can make representations to Ofcom.
	New subsection (3) confirms that the effect of serving a notice is to suspend the licence (so that the licensee must stop broadcasting immediately) until Ofcom makes a decision either to revoke the licence or reinstate it. Subsections (4) to (6) specify the process for revoking the licence.
	New subsection (7) provides that this power is separate from Ofcom’s wider power to revoke broadcasting licences in section 111 of the Broadcasting Act 1990.