Steve West <...> said:

In particular I refer the honourable gentlemen to Section 96, Schedule
4,
Paragraph 2,(1):
"If OFCOM have reason to believe that a person has committed a relevant
offence, they may send a fixed penalty notice to that person."

So now an "offender" is guilty until proved innocent in a court of law?

 ... but there is the option for the accused to go to court or pay the fine. There's far less reputational damage for the individual in just paying the fine. In so far that it may apply to illegal broadcasting, it's still less costly than licensing a station.

Economically, piracy is still the least cost option for wide area broacasting and the performance rights people tend not to sue pirates. Fines and costs tend to be quite small. The real problem is the stigma and damage caused by conviction.

The fixed penalty notice probably applies more to unlicensed reception.