Part 3 U.K.Television and Radio Services

Chapter 2U.K.Regulatory Structure for Independent Television Services

The public teletext serviceU.K.

220Delegation of provision of public teletext serviceU.K.

(1)The licence for the provision of the public teletext service may—

(a)include provision enabling the licence holder to authorise an eligible person to provide the whole or a part of the public teletext service on his behalf; and

(b)impose conditions subject to and in accordance with which the whole or a part of that service may be provided by a person authorised by the licence holder.

(2)The conditions of the licence to provide the public teletext service apply in relation to its provision by a person authorised to do so on the licence holder’s behalf as they apply to its provision by the licence holder.

(3)A contravention of those conditions by a person so authorised shall be treated for the purposes of this Chapter and the 1990 Act as a contravention on the part of the licence holder.

(4)In this section “eligible person” means a person who is not a disqualified person under Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the 1990 Act in relation to the licence for the public teletext service.