SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 14Media ownership rules
Part 1Channel 3 services
Ban on newspaper proprietors holding Channel 3 licences
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1
A person is not to hold a licence to provide a Channel 3 service if—
a
he runs a national newspaper which for the time being has a national market share of 20 per cent. or more; or
b
he runs national newspapers which for the time being together have a national market share of 20 per cent. or more.
2
A person is not to hold a licence to provide a regional Channel 3 service if—
a
he runs a local newspaper which for the time being has a local market share of 20 per cent. or more in the coverage area of the service; or
b
he runs local newspapers which for the time being together have a local market share of 20 per cent. or more in that coverage area.
3
For the purposes of this paragraph, where there is a licence to provide a Channel 3 service, each of the following shall be treated as holding that licence—
a
the actual licence holder; and
b
every person connected with the actual licence holder.
Restrictions on participation
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1
A person who is—
a
the proprietor of a national newspaper which for the time being has a national market share of 20 per cent. or more, or
b
the proprietor of national newspapers which for the time being together have a national market share of 20 per cent. or more,
is not to be a participant with more than a 20 per cent. interest in a body corporate which is the holder of a licence to provide a Channel 3 service.
2
A person who is the holder of a licence to provide a Channel 3 service is not to be a participant with more than a 20 per cent. interest in a body corporate which is a relevant national newspaper proprietor.
3
A body corporate is not to be a participant with more than a 20 per cent. interest in a body corporate which holds a licence to provide a Channel 3 service if the first body corporate is one in which a relevant national newspaper proprietor is a participant with more than a 20 per cent. interest.
4
A restriction imposed by this paragraph on participation in a body corporate which is the holder of a Channel 3 licence applies equally to participation in a body corporate which controls the holder of such a licence.
5
Any restriction on participation imposed by this paragraph—
a
on the proprietor of a newspaper, or
b
on the holder of a licence,
is to apply as if he and every person connected with him were one person.
6
In this paragraph “a relevant national newspaper proprietor” means a person who runs—
a
a national newspaper which for the time being has a national market share of 20 per cent. or more; or
b
national newspapers which for the time being together have a national market share of 20 per cent. or more.
Construction of references to running a newspaper
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For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule a person runs a national or local newspaper if—
a
he is the proprietor of the newspaper; or
b
he controls a body which is the proprietor of the newspaper.
Coverage area for a Channel 3 service
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For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule the coverage area for a Channel 3 service is the area that is determined by OFCOM to be the area of the United Kingdom within which that service is capable of being received at a level satisfying such technical standards as may have been laid down by them for the purposes of this paragraph.
Power to amend Part 1 of Schedule
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The Secretary of State may by order repeal or otherwise modify any of the restrictions imposed by this Part of this Schedule.