HC Deb 28 July 1981 vol 9 c384W
Mr. Geoffrey Johnson Smith

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to bring into force the provisions in the Broadcasting Act 1980 relating to the independent local radio levy.

Mr. Whitelaw

I intend shortly to make a commencement order which will bring section 26 and schedule 4 to the Broadcasting Act 1980—which provides for a levy on the profits of the independent local radio contractors—into effect on 1 October 1981.