53 The Broadcasting Complaints Commission.U.K.
(1)The commission named the Broadcasting Complaints Commission shall continue in existence as a body corporate.
(2)The Commission shall consist of not less than three members appointed by the Secretary of State.
(3)A person shall be disqualified for being appointed, or being, a member of the Commission so long as he is—
(a)a governor, officer or employee of the BBC or a member, officer or employee of the IBA [F1or the Cable Authority]; or
(b)a person not within paragraph (a) who appears to the Secretary of State to be concerned with, or to have an interest in,
[F2(i)the preparation or provision of programmes for broadcasting by the BBC or the IBA (including, in the case of the IBA, programmes consisting of advertisements); and
(ii)the provision of a licensed cable programme service or the preparation or provision of programmes for inclusion in such a service.]
(4)The Secretary of State shall appoint one member of the Commission to be chairman, and may appoint another to be deputy chairman.
(5)Schedule 7 shall have effect with respect to the Commission.
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 (c. 46, SIF 96), s. 29, Sch. 2 para. 1
F2Words substituted by Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 (c. 46, SIF 96), s. 29, Sch. 2 para. 1