1. This Order may be cited as the Broadcasting (Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976) (Exemption for Networking Arrangements) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 24th October 1994.
2. In this Order—
“the 1990 Act” means the Broadcasting Act 1990;
“ITVA” means the Independent Television Association Limited;
“holders of regional Channel 3 licences” means the persons specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.
3. The arrangements made among the holders of regional Channel 3 licences and the ITVA specified in Schedule 2 to this Order (being relevant networking arrangements falling within section 194(2)(a) of the 1990 Act) are specified as arrangements to which, by virtue of section 194(1) of the 1990 Act, the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976(1) does not apply and is deemed never to have applied.
Stephen Dorrell
Secretary of State for National Heritage
28th September 1994