SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 15

Amendments of Broadcasting Acts
Part 2

Amendments of the 1996 Act

Broadcasting standards
136
1
For subsections (1) and (2) of section 119 of the 1996 Act there shall be substituted—
1
Where OFCOM have considered and adjudicated upon a fairness complaint, they may direct the relevant person to publish the matters mentioned in subsection (3) in such manner, and within such period, as may be specified in the directions.
2
In that section—
a
in subsection (4), for “subsection (2)” there shall be substituted “ subsection (1) ”;
b
in subsection (5), for “(3)(a), (b) or (c)” there shall be substituted “ (3)(a) or (b) ”;
c
in subsection (6), for “broadcasting or regulatory body” there shall be substituted “ relevant person ” and for “them” there shall be substituted “ him ”;
d
in subsection (8), the words “or standards complaint” and in paragraph (c) the words “, a regulatory body” shall be omitted;
e
in subsection (10), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted “ a relevant person ”; and
f
subsection (12) shall cease to have effect.
3
After subsection (11) of that section there shall be inserted—
11A
In this section “relevant person” means—
a
in a case where the relevant programme was broadcast by a broadcasting body, that body; and
b
in a case where the relevant programme was included in a licensed service, the licence holder providing that service.
Sch. 15 para. 136 in force at 29.12.2003 by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)