SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Amendments of Broadcasting Acts

Part 2Amendments of the 1996 Act

Broadcasting standards

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1

For subsections (1) and (2) of section 119 of the 1996 Act there shall be substituted—

1

Where OFCOM have considered and adjudicated upon a fairness complaint, they may direct the relevant person to publish the matters mentioned in subsection (3) in such manner, and within such period, as may be specified in the directions.

2

In that section—

a

in subsection (4), for “subsection (2)” there shall be substituted “ subsection (1) ”;

b

in subsection (5), for “(3)(a), (b) or (c)” there shall be substituted “ (3)(a) or (b) ”;

c

in subsection (6), for “broadcasting or regulatory body” there shall be substituted “ relevant person ” and for “them” there shall be substituted “ him ”;

d

in subsection (8), the words “or standards complaint” and in paragraph (c) the words “, a regulatory body” shall be omitted;

e

in subsection (10), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted “ a relevant person ”; and

f

subsection (12) shall cease to have effect.

3

After subsection (11) of that section there shall be inserted—

11A

In this section “relevant person” means—

a

in a case where the relevant programme was broadcast by a broadcasting body, that body; and

b

in a case where the relevant programme was included in a licensed service, the licence holder providing that service.