23. Section 65 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (2)—

(i) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “invited.” for “invited, and”, and

(ii) by the deletion of paragraph (b),

(b) by the deletion of subsection (5),

(c) in subsection (6), by the substitution of “The Commission may, by public notice, in such form and manner as it considers appropriate,” for “On receipt of a direction from the Authority under subsection (2) the Contract Awards Committee may, in accordance with the terms of any such direction, by public notice”,

(d) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (8):

“(8) Subject to this Part, the Commission shall invite applications for a sound broadcasting contract for the provision of a sound broadcasting service in each area specified by the Commission under subsection (2), and may enter into such a contract.”,

(e) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (8):

“(8A) For the purposes of subsection (8) the Commission may consider the results of any study conducted under subsection (3).”,

(f) in subsection (10), by the substitution of “score to each of the criteria specified in section 66(2), either individually or in combination,” for “score to each, or a combination of, the criteria specified in section 66(2)”, and

(g) by the deletion of subsection (12).