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.