Micro-businesses
8(1)A person who, in carrying on a micro-business, publishes news-related material where either condition A or condition B is met.
(2)Condition A is that the news-related material is contained in a multi-author blog.
(3)Condition B is that the news-related material is published on an incidental basis that is relevant to the main activities of the business.
(4)“Micro-business” means a business which—
(a)has fewer than 10 employees, and
(b)has an annual turnover not exceeding £2,000,000.
(5)The number of employees is to be calculated as follows—
(a)find the total number of hours per week for which all the employees of the business are contracted to work;
(b)divide that number by 37.5.
(6)“Employee” has the same meaning as in the Employment Rights Act 1996 (see section 230 of that Act).
(7)“Multi-author blog” means a blog that contains contributions from different authors.