Textual Amendments
F1Pt I (ss.1-71) applied (1.10.1996) by 1988 c. 48, s.72, as replaced 1996 c. 55, s. 138, Sch. 9 para. 1; S.I. 1996/2120, art. 4, Sch. 1
(1)Subject to subsection (2), any regional Channel 3 licence or licence to provide Channel 4 or 5 shall include—
(a)conditions requiring the licence holder to include party political broadcasts in the licensed service; and
(b)conditions requiring the licence holder to observe such rules with respect to party political broadcasts as the Commission may determine.
(2)Where any determination under section 28(3) is in force, a licence to provide Channel 5 may (but need not) include any such conditions as are mentioned in subsection (1)(a) and (b).
(3)Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) [F2but subject to section 14 of the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 (prohibition of broadcasts by unregistered parties)], the Commission may determine for the purposes of that subsection—
(a)the political parties on whose behalf party political broadcasts may be made; and
(b)in relation to any political party on whose behalf such broadcasts may be made, the length and frequency of such broadcasts.
(4)Any rules made by the Commission for the purposes of this section may make different provision for different cases or circumstances.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 36(3) inserted (24.3.1999) by 1998 c. 48, s. 23, Sch. 3 para. 3; S.I. 1999/393, art. 2