Broadcasting Act 1990

34 Schools programmes

(1) The Commission shall do all that they can to secure that a suitable proportion of the programmes which are included in Channel 3 services and Channels 4 and 5 (taken as a whole) are schools programmes.

(2) Accordingly, any Channel 3 licence or licence to provide Channel 4 or 5 may include—

(a) conditions requiring the licence holder to produce, or finance the production of, schools programmes;

(b) conditions requiring the licence holder to acquire schools programmes provided by other persons;

(c) conditions requiring the licence holder to ensure that schools programmes included in the licensed service—

(i) are of high quality, and

(ii) are suitable to meet the needs of schools in the area or areas in the United Kingdom for which the service is provided;

(d) conditions specifying the minimum number of hours in term time or within normal school hours that are to be allocated to the broadcasting of schools programmes in the licensed service;

(e) conditions requiring the licence holder to provide such material for use in connection with the schools programmes broadcast by him as may be necessary to secure that effective use is made of those programmes in schools; and

(f) conditions requiring the licence holder from time to time to consult such bodies or other persons who are concerned with, or have an interest in, schools or the production of schools programmes as the Commission think fit.

(3) In this section “schools programmes” means programmes which are intended for use in schools.