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3(1)A person shall be disqualified for being a member of the BSC so long as he is—
(a)a governor or employee of the BBC,
(b)a member or employee of the Independent Television Commission,
(c)a member or employee of the Radio Authority,
(d)a member or employee of the Channel Four Television Corporation,
(e)a member or employee of the Welsh Authority, or
(f)a person who does not fall within any of the preceding paragraphs but who appears to the Secretary of State to be concerned with, or to have an interest in—
(i)the preparation or provision of programmes for broadcasting by the BBC or the Welsh Authority, or
(ii)the provision of a licensed service or the preparation or provision of programmes for inclusion in such a service.
(2)Before appointing a person to be a member of the BSC the Secretary of State shall satisfy himself that that person will have no such financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially the discharge by him of his functions as a member of the BSC; and the Secretary of State shall also satisfy himself from time to time with respect to every member of the BSC that he has no such interest.
(3)Any person who is, or whom the Secretary of State proposes to appoint to be, a member of the BSC shall, whenever requested by the Secretary of State to do so, furnish him with such information as the Secretary of State considers necessary for the performance by him of his duties under sub-paragraph (2).
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