Communications Act 2003

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.”