Part IIndependent Television Services

Chapter 1Regulation by Commission of Television Services Generally

General provisions about licensed services

8General provisions as to advertisements

1

The Commission shall do all that they can to secure that the rules specified in subsection (2) are complied with in relation to licensed services.

2

Those rules are as follows—

a

a licensed service must not include—

i

any advertisement which is inserted by or on behalf of any body whose objects are wholly or mainly of a political nature,

ii

any advertisement which is directed towards any political end, or

iii

any advertisement which has any relation to any industrial dispute (other than an advertisement of a public service nature inserted by, or on behalf of, a government department);

b

in the acceptance of advertisements for inclusion in a licensed service there must be no unreasonable discrimination either against or in favour of any particular advertiser; and

c

a licensed service must not, without the previous approval of the Commission, include a programme which is sponsored by any person whose business consists, wholly or mainly, in the manufacture or supply of a product, or in the provision of a service, which the licence holder is prohibited from advertising by virtue of any provision of section 9.

3

Nothing in subsection (2) shall be construed as prohibiting the inclusion in a licensed service of any party political broadcast which complies with the rules (so far as applicable) made by the Commission for the purposes of section 36.

4

After consultation with the Commission the Secretary of State may make regulations amending, repealing, or adding to the rules specified in subsection (2); but no such regulations shall be made unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

5

The Commission shall not act as an advertising agent.