[cma-l] Changes to application process for short-term RSLs (from 1 September 2015) - updated

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Ofcom is changing the way it processes short-term Restricted Service
Licence (‘SRSL’) applications. This is to ensure that all SRSL licensees
have paid the necessary licence fees before they start broadcasting.

The changes apply to all SRSL applications received on or after *Tuesday 1
September 2015*.

So that Ofcom can collect the fees before broadcasts start, from 01
September *the latest an applicant can apply for an SRSL licence will be
eight weeks before its proposed airdate* (the current minimum period is six
weeks prior to broadcast).

The earliest an applicant can apply for an SRSL licence will remain
unchanged at six months before the proposed airdate.

These changes will be added to Ofcom's Guidance Notes in due course, but
you are particularly urged to read the web link below if you plan to apply
for an RSL from September 2015 onwards.


The new changes that are detailed on the website, consists of:

1)      A change to the minimum notice period (deadline) given to Ofcom for
an RSL

2)      A change to the Licence fee payment due date,

3)      A change to the way Ofcom will communicate the news of an allocated
frequency to the Licensee.

Applications that Ofcom has recently received will follow the current
process.

http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/restricted-service-licences/apply/rsl-changes-sep15

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