SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 14

Media ownership rules
Part 1

Channel 3 services

Ban on newspaper proprietors holding Channel 3 licences
1
1
A person is not to hold a licence to provide a Channel 3 service if—
a
he runs a national newspaper which for the time being has a national market share of 20 per cent. or more; or
b
he runs national newspapers which for the time being together have a national market share of 20 per cent. or more.
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3
For the purposes of this paragraph, where there is a licence to provide a Channel 3 service, each of the following shall be treated as holding that licence—
a
the actual licence holder; and
b
every person connected with the actual licence holder.
Sch. 14 para. 1(2) omitted (15.6.2011) by virtue of The Media Ownership (Radio and Cross-media) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1503), arts. 1, 3
Sch. 14 para. 1 in force at 29.12.2003 by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)