Part III Independent Radio Services
Chapter I Regulation by Authority of Independent Radio Services Generally
General provisions about licensed services
C192 General provisions as to advertisements.
1
The Authority shall do all that they can to secure that the rules specified in subsection (2) are complied with in relation to licensed services.
2
Those rules are as follows—
a
a licensed service must not include—
i
any advertisement which is inserted by or on behalf of any body whose objects are wholly or mainly of a political nature,
ii
any advertisement which is directed towards any political end, or
iii
any advertisement which has any relation to any industrial dispute (other than an advertisement of a public service nature inserted by, or on behalf of, a government department);
b
in the acceptance of advertisements for inclusion in a licensed service there must be no unreasonable discrimination either against or in favour of any particular advertiser; and
c
a licensed service must not, without the previous approval of the Authority, include a programme which is sponsored by any person whose business consists, wholly or mainly, in the manufacture or supply of a product, or in the provision of a service, which the licence holder is prohibited from advertising by virtue of any provision of section 93.
3
Nothing in subsection (2) shall be construed as prohibiting the inclusion in a licensed service of any party political broadcast which complies with the rules (so far as applicable) made by the Authority for the purposes of section 107.
4
After consultation with the Authority the Secretary of State may make regulations amending, repealing, or adding to the rules specified in subsection (2); but no such regulations shall be made unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
5
The Authority shall not act as an advertising agent.