Version Superseded: 24/03/1999
Point in time view as at 01/02/1991. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Broadcasting Act 1990, Section 36 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 08 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)Subject to subsection (2), any regional Channel 3 licence or licence to provide Channel 4 or 5 shall include—
(a)conditions requiring the licence holder to include party political broadcasts in the licensed service; and
(b)conditions requiring the licence holder to observe such rules with respect to party political broadcasts as the Commission may determine.
(2)Where any determination under section 28(3) is in force, a licence to provide Channel 5 may (but need not) include any such conditions as are mentioned in subsection (1)(a) and (b).
(3)Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b) of subsection (1), the Commission may determine for the purposes of that subsection—
(a)the political parties on whose behalf party political broadcasts may be made; and
(b)in relation to any political party on whose behalf such broadcasts may be made, the length and frequency of such broadcasts.
(4)Any rules made by the Commission for the purposes of this section may make different provision for different cases or circumstances.
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