Communications Act 2003 (c. 21)

SCHEDULES

[F1 SCHEDULE 11A U.K. Restrictions on product placement

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 11A inserted (16.4.2010) by The Audiovisual Media Services (Product Placement) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/831), regs. 1(1), 9

Minor definitions U.K.

9. U.K. In this Schedule—

• “connected” has the same meaning as it has in the Broadcasting Act 1990 by virtue of section 202 of that Act;

• [F2 “electronic cigarette” has the meaning given in section 368R;

• “electronic cigarette refill container” has the meaning given in section 368R;]

• “film made for cinema” means a film made with a view to its being shown to the general public first in a cinema;

• “follow-on formulae” has the meaning given in Article 2 of Commission Directive 2006/141/EC on infant formulae and follow-on formulae and amending Directive 1999/21/EC;

• “infant formulae” has the meaning given in Article 2 of Commission Directive 2006/141/EC on infant formulae and follow-on formulae and amending Directive 1999/21/EC;

• “medicinal product” has the meaning given in section 130 of the Medicines Act 1968;

• “prescription-only medicine” means a medicinal product of a description or falling within a class specified in an order made under section 58 of the Medicines Act 1968;

• “producer”, in relation to a programme, means the person by whom the arrangements necessary for the making of the programme are undertaken;

• “programme” does not include an advertisement;

• “relevant provider”, in relation to a programme, means—

  (a)

  the provider of the television programme service in which the programme is included; and

  (b)

  the producer of the programme;

• “residual value” means any monetary or other economic value in the hands of the relevant provider other than the cost saving of including the product, service or trademark, or a reference to it, in a programme;

• “significant value” means a residual value that is more than trivial;

• “tobacco product” has the meaning given in section 1 of the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002;

• “trade mark”, in relation to a business, includes any image (such as a logo) or sound commonly associated with that business or its products or services.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 11A para. 9 inserted (20.5.2016) by The Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/507), regs. 1(2), 45(2)(d) (with reg. 57)