Textual Amendments
F1Ss.142-150 repealed (1.4.1997) by 1996 c. 55, ss.148(2), 149(2), Sch. 11 Pt. I (with s. 43(1)(6)); S.I. 1997/1005, art. 4
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. V (ss. 142–150) modified by S.I. 1990/2579, art. 2(2)
In this Part—
“appropriate regulatory body”, in relation to a programme included in a licensed service, means the regulatory body by whom that service is licensed;
“the BCC” means the Broadcasting Complaints Commission;
“broadcasting body” means the BBC or the Welsh Authority;
“complaint” means a complaint to the BCC of any such unjust or unfair treatment or unwarranted infringement of privacy as is mentioned in section 143(1);
“licensed service” means—
(a)a television programme service (within the meaning of Part I of this Act), or
(b)an independent radio service falling within paragraph (a) or (b) of section 84(1),
which is licensed under Part I or (as the case may be) Part III of this Act, or any additional service (within the meaning of Part I or III of this Act) which is licensed under that Part of this Act and constitutes a teletext service;
“participant”, in relation to a programme, means a person who appeared, or whose voice was heard, in the programme;
“the person affected”—
(a)in relation to any such unjust or unfair treatment as is mentioned in section 143(1), means a participant in the programme in question who was the subject of that treatment or a person who, whether such a participant or not, had a direct interest in the subject-matter of that treatment; and
(b)in relation to any such unwarranted infringement of privacy as is so mentioned, means a person whose privacy was infringed;
“regulatory body” means the Independent Television Commission or the Radio Authority;
“the relevant programme”, in relation to a complaint, means the programme to which the complaint relates;
“television programme” includes a teletext transmission, and references to programmes shall be construed accordingly;
“unjust or unfair treatment” includes treatment which is unjust or unfair because of the way in which material included in a programme has been selected or arranged.
Textual Amendments
F1Ss.142-150 repealed (1.4.1997) by 1996 c. 55, ss.148(2), 149(2), Sch. 11 Pt. I (with s. 43(1)(6)); S.I. 1997/1005, art. 4