Communications Act 2003

[F1[F2368HGTier 1 standards code: special impartiality requirementsU.K.
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(1)The impartiality requirements referred to in section 368HF(2)(e) are—

(a)the exclusion from programmes included in any Tier 1 services of all expressions of the views or opinions of the person providing that service on—

(i)matters of political or industrial controversy, or

(ii)matters relating to current public policy;

(b)the preservation of due impartiality on the part of the person providing the service as respects those matters.

(2)Subsection (1)(a) does not require the exclusion of expressions of views or opinions relating to the provision of on-demand programme services or non-UK on-demand programme services.

(3)A code under section 368HF must make provision about the application of the requirement in subsection (1)(b), including provision about the ways in which the requirement may be met.]]

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