<div dir="ltr"><p>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.</p>
<p>The changes apply to all SRSL applications received on or after <b>Tuesday 1 September 2015</b>.</p>
<p>So that Ofcom can collect the fees before broadcasts start, from 01 September <strong>the latest an applicant can apply for an SRSL licence will be eight weeks before its proposed airdate</strong> (the current minimum period is six weeks prior to broadcast). </p>
<p>The earliest an applicant can apply for an SRSL licence will remain unchanged at six months before the proposed airdate. </p><p class="MsoNormal">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.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The new changes that are detailed on the website, consists of:</p>
<p><span>1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>A change to the minimum notice period (deadline) given to Ofcom for an RSL</p>
<p><span>2)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>A change to the Licence fee payment due date, </p>
<p><span>3)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>A change to the way Ofcom will communicate the news of an allocated frequency to the Licensee.
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Applications that Ofcom has recently received will follow the current process.<br><br><a href="http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/restricted-service-licences/apply/rsl-changes-sep15">http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/restricted-service-licences/apply/rsl-changes-sep15</a><br><br>\\<br><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Community Media Association<br>-- <br><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.commedia.org.uk/</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/community_media" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/community_media</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><br><br><span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">CMA AGM/Conference Saturday 12th September 2015<br><br></span></b></span>Canstream Internet Radio & Video<br><a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.canstream.co.uk/</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/canstream" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/canstream</a></div></div></div></div>
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