Contracting out functions relating to advertising in the Control of Misleading Advertisements Regulations 19886

1

Any function relating to the control of misleading advertising in the 1988 Regulations may be exercised by, or by employees of, such persons (if any) as may be authorised in that behalf by OFCOM—

a

either wholly or to such extent as may be specified in the authorisation;

b

either generally or in such cases as may be so specified; and

c

either unconditionally or subject to the fulfilment of such conditions as may be so specified.

2

In this article, a “function relating to the control of misleading advertising” means a function conferred on OFCOM by or under the 1988 Regulations in connection with the following provisions of those Regulations—

a

regulation 8 (consideration of complaints about misleading or comparative advertisements in a licensed service);

b

regulation 9 (control by OFCOM of misleading advertisements and comparative advertising);

c

regulation 10 (consideration of complaints about misleading or comparative advertisements on S4C or S4C Digital); or

d

regulation 11 (control of misleading advertisements and comparative advertisements on S4C and S4C Digital).