F1C1Part I Independent Television Services

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Amendments (Textual)
F1

Pt 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

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pt. 1: transfer of functions (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 1 para. 3(a) (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)

C1Chapter II Television Broadcasting on Channels 3, 4 and 5

Channel 3

14C1 Establishment of Channel 3.

1

F2OFCOM shall do all that they can to secure the provision, in accordance with this Chapter, of a nationwide system of television broadcasting services to be known as Channel 3.

2

Subject to subsection (5), Channel 3 shall be structured on a regional basis, with each of the services comprised within it (“Channel 3 services”) being provided for such area in the United Kingdom as F2OFCOM may determine in the case of that service.

3

If it appears to F2OFCOM that it would be appropriate for a particular Channel 3 service to do so, they may determine that the service shall include the provision of different programmes—

a

for such different parts of the area for which it is provided, or

b

for such different communities living within that area,

as they may determine.

4

If F2OFCOM so determine in the case of a particular Channel 3 service, that service shall be provided for a particular area only between such times of the day or on such days of the week (or both) as F2OFCOM may determine.

5

If F2OFCOM so determine, a Channel 3 service may be provided for two or more areas for which regional Channel 3 services are provided, but any such service may only be so provided between particular times of the day.

6

In this Part—

  • “regional Channel 3 service” means a Channel 3 service provided for a particular area determined under subsection (2); and

  • “national Channel 3 service” means a Channel 3 service provided as mentioned in subsection (5).

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F37A

The areas mentioned in subsection (2) must at all times include at least one area that comprises, or falls entirely within, Scotland.

8

In this section and section 15 “programme” does not include an advertisement.