Part IIIIndependent Radio Services

Chapter IISound Broadcasting Services

Miscellaneous provisions relating to national and local services

107Party political broadcasts

1

A national licence shall include—

a

conditions requiring the licence holder to include party political broadcasts in the licensed service; and

b

conditions requiring the licence holder to observe such rules with respect to party political broadcasts as the Authority may determine.

2

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b) of subsection (1), the Authority may determine for the purposes of that subsection—

a

the political parties on whose behalf party political broadcasts may be made; and

b

in relation to any political party on whose behalf such broadcasts may be made, the length and frequency of such broadcasts.

3

Any rules made by the Authority for the purposes of this section may make different provision for different cases or circumstances.