[F144AAdditional investigation and report by OFCOM: media mergersF2U.K.
(1)Subsection (2) applies where—
(a)the Secretary of State has given an intervention notice in relation to a relevant merger situation; and
(b)the intervention notice mentions any media public interest consideration.
(2)OFCOM shall, within such period as the Secretary of State may require, give a report to the Secretary of State on the effect of the consideration or considerations concerned on the case.
(3)The report shall contain—
(a)advice and recommendations on any media public interest consideration mentioned in the intervention notice concerned and which is or may be relevant to the Secretary of State’s decision as to whether to make a reference under section 45; and
(b)a summary of any representations about the case which have been received by OFCOM and which relate to any such consideration.
(4)OFCOM shall carry out such investigations as they consider appropriate for the purposes of producing a report under this section.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 44A inserted (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), ss. 377, 411(2)(3) (with transitional provisions in Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (subject to arts. 3(3), 11)
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F2Act: for the words "solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland" wherever they occur there is substituted (prosp.) the words "solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 5 [Editorial Note: this amendment will be carried through into the text of the Act at the same time as any other effects on the Act for the year in which the relevant commencement order (or first such order) is made]