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The Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025

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Amendment to section 58 of the Enterprise Act 2002

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2.  In section 58 of the Act (specified considerations)(1)—

(a)in subsection (2A), for “newspapers” substitute “news media”;

(b)in subsection (2B), for “newspapers”, in both places it occurs, substitute “news media”;

(c)in subsection (2C), in paragraph (c), for “media enterprises” substitute “enterprises consisting in or involving broadcasting”;

(d)after subsection (2E) insert—

“(2F) In this Part, “news media” means—

(a)newspapers; or

(b)news programmes.

(2G) In this Part, “news programme” means a programme—

(a)consisting of, or including, news-related material; and

(b)included in broadcasting.

(2H) For the purposes of subsection (2G)—

(a)“news-related material” includes—

(i)news or information about current affairs; and

(ii)opinion about matters relating to the news and current affairs;

(b)a programme is not to be treated as consisting of, or including, news-related material if the news-related material contained in the programme—

(i)is included only incidentally to the main content of the programme; or

(ii)relates wholly to a particular pastime, hobby, trade, business, industry or profession.”.

(1)

Subsections (2A) to (2C) were inserted by section 375(1) of the Communications Act 2003. Subsection (2E) was inserted by S.I. 2020/627.

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