157 Power of Council to commission research.U.K.
(1)The Council may make arrangements for the undertaking of research into matters related to or connected with—
(a)the portrayal of violence or sexual conduct in programmes to which this Part applies, or
(b)standards of taste and decency for such programmes generally.
(2)The matters into which research may be undertaken in pursuance of subsection (1) include, in particular, matters falling within section 153(2)(a) and (b).
(3)Arrangements made under subsection (1) shall secure that, so far as is reasonably practicable, any research undertaken in pursuance of the arrangements is undertaken by persons who are neither members nor employees of the Council.
(4)The Council may publish the results of any research undertaken in pursuance of subsection (1).