Broadcasting Act 1996 (c. 55)

Part V U.K. The Broadcasting Standards Commission

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 5: transfer of functions (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 1 para. 14 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)

C2 Pt. 5 modified (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 18 para. 52 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)

Miscellaneous and general U.K.

130 Interpretation of Part V. U.K.

(1) In this Part (unless the context otherwise requires)—

• F1 ...

• “broadcasting body” means the BBC or the Welsh Authority;

• F1 ...

• “fairness complaint” has the meaning given by section 110(4);

• F1 ...

• “licensed service” meansF1 ...—

  (a)

  any television programme service (within the meaning of Part I of the 1990 Act) which is licensed under that Part,

  (aa)

  [F2 the public teletext service,

  (b)

  any relevant independent radio service (within the meaning of section 85 of the 1990 Act),

  (c)

  any additional service (within the meaning of Part 1 of the 1990 Act) which is licensed under that Part,]

  (d)

  any digital programme service (within the meaning of Part I of this Act) which is licensed under that Part,

  (e)

  any qualifying service (within the meaning of Part I of this Act) provided by a person other than the Welsh Authority,

  (f)

  any digital sound programme service (within the meaning of Part II of this Act) which is licensed under that Part,

  (g)

  any simulcast radio service (within the meaning of Part II of this Act), and

  (h)

  any digital additional service (within the meaning of Part I or II of this Act) which is licensed under that Part;

• F1 ...

• “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 110(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;

• “programme” includes an advertisement and a teletext transmission and, in relation to a service, includes any item included in that service;

• F1 ...

• “the relevant programme”, in relation to a complaint, means the programme to which the complaint relates;

• F1 ...

• F1 ...

• “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.

(2) In this Part—

(a) any reference to programmes to which section 107 applies shall be construed in accordance with section 107(5), F3 ...

F3 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 130(1) repealed (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 19(1) Note 1 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)

F2 Words in s. 130(1) substituted (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 15 para. 137 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)

F3 S. 130(2)(b) and word repealed (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 19(1) Note 1 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)