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- 1996 c. 55
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- Disqualification on grounds relating to political objects
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Disqualification on grounds relating to political objectsE+W+S+N.I.
143 Duties of Independent Television Commission and Radio Authority in cases involving disqualification on grounds related to political objects.E+W+S+N.I.
(1)If it appears to the Independent Television Commission that there are grounds for suspecting that any person who is an applicant for a licence under Part I or II of the 1990 Act or Part I of this Act is by virtue of any of the provisions specified in subsection (5) a disqualified person in relation to that licence, the Commission shall be regarded as failing to discharge their duty under section 5(1) of the 1990 Act, or as the case may be section 5(1) of this Act, if they grant the licence to that person without being provided with information which satisfies them that he is not on those grounds a disqualified person by virtue of that provision.
(2)If it appears to the Independent Television Commission that there are grounds for suspecting that any person who is the holder of a licence under Parts I or II of the 1990 Act or Part I of this Act is by virtue of any of the provisions specified in subsection (5) a disqualified person in relation to that licence, the Commission shall be regarded as failing to discharge their duty under section 5(1) of the 1990 Act, or as the case may be section 5(1) of this Act, unless—
(a)they require him to provide them with information for the purpose of determining whether he is on those grounds a disqualified person by virtue of that provision, and
(b)if they are satisfied that he is a disqualified person, they revoke the licence.
(3)If it appears to the Radio Authority that there are grounds for suspecting that any person who is an applicant for a licence under Part III of the 1990 Act or Part II of this Act is by virtue of any of the provisions specified in subsection (5) a disqualified person in relation to that licence, the Authority shall be regarded as failing to discharge their duty under section 88(1) of the 1990 Act, or as the case may be section 44(1) of this Act, if they grant the licence to that person without being provided with information which satisfies them that he is not on those grounds a disqualified person by virtue of that provision.
(4)If it appears to the Radio Authority that there are grounds for suspecting that any person who is the holder of a licence under Part III of the 1990 Act or Part II of this Act is by virtue of any of the provisions specified in subsection (5) a disqualified person in relation to that licence, the Authority shall be regarded as failing to discharge their duty under section 88(1) of the 1990 Act, or as the case may be section 44(1) of this Act, unless—
(a)they require him to provide them with information for the purpose of determining whether he is a disqualified person on those grounds by virtue of that provision, and
(b)if they are satisfied that he is a disqualified person, they revoke the licence.
(5)The provisions referred to in subsections (1) to (4) are the following provisions of paragraph 1(1) of Part II of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act—
(a)paragraphs (d) to (g),
(b)paragraph (h) so far as relating to participation by bodies falling within paragraph (d), (e) or (g),
(c)paragraph (hh) so far as relating to a body corporate controlled by a body corporate in which a body falling within paragraph (d), (e) or (g) is a participant with more than a 5 per cent. interest,
(d)paragraph (i) so far as relating to control by a person falling within any of paragraphs (d) to (g) or by two or more such persons, and
(e)paragraph (j) so far as relating to participation by a body corporate which is controlled by a person falling within any of paragraphs (d) to (g) or by two or more such persons.
(6)Nothing in subsections (1) to (5) shall be taken to limit the generality of—
(a)the duty imposed on the Independent Television Commission by section 5(1) of the 1990 Act or section 5(1) of this Act, or
(b)the duty imposed on the Radio Authority by section 88(1) of the 1990 Act or section 44(1) of this Act.
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