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.
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(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
2
(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
4
For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule a person runs a F6... 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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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.