Media Act 2024

Part 7 Miscellaneous and general

Amount of penalties etc

49 Penalties under Parts 3A and 3B of the Communications Act 2003

(1) The Communications Act 2003 is amended as follows.

(2) After section 392 insert—

“Penalties under Parts 3A and 3B etc

392A Amount of penalties etc

Schedule 16A contains provision about the amount of penalties that OFCOM may impose under Part 3A or 3B, and makes further provision about such penalties.”

(3) After Schedule 16 insert (as Schedule 16A) the Schedule set out in Schedule 10 (penalties imposed by OFCOM under Parts 3A and 3B).

(4) After section 392A (inserted by subsection (2)) insert—

“392B Liability of parent entities etc

Schedule 16B contains provision for the purposes of Parts 3A and 3B about—

(a) the giving of joint provisional notices of contravention to parent entities etc,

(b) the liability of parent entities for failures by subsidiary entities,

(c) the liability of subsidiary entities for failures by parent entities,

(d) the liability of fellow subsidiary entities for failures by subsidiary entities, and

(e) the liability of controlling individuals for failures by entities.”

(5) After Schedule 16A (as inserted by subsection (3)) insert (as Schedule 16B) the Schedule set out in Schedule 11 (Parts 3A and 3B: liability of parent entities etc).

Publishers of news-related material

50 Awards of costs

(1) The Crime and Courts Act 2013 is amended as follows.

(2) Section 40 (awards of costs) is omitted.

(3) In section 41 (meaning of “relevant publisher”), in subsection (1), for “40” substitute “39”.

Amendments related to the UK's withdrawal from the EU

51 Amendments of broadcasting legislation: UK’s withdrawal from EU

Schedule 12 contains amendments of the Broadcasting Act 1990, the Broadcasting Act 1996 and the Communications Act 2003 to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

General

52 Power to make consequential provision

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision that is consequential on this Act.

(2) Regulations under this section may amend, repeal or revoke provision made by or under an Act passed—

(a) before this Act, or

(b) in the same session of Parliament as this Act.

(3) Regulations under this section may—

(a) make different provision for different purposes;

(b) make transitional, transitory or saving provision.

(4) Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument.

(5) A statutory instrument containing (whether alone or with other provision) regulations under this section that amend or repeal any provision of an Act may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

(6) Any other statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

53 Financial provisions

There is to be paid out of money provided by Parliament any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable under any other Act out of money so provided.

54 Extent

(1) This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, subject to subsection (2).

(2) An amendment or repeal made by this Act has the same extent within the United Kingdom as the provision amended or repealed.

(3) The power under—

(a) section 204(6) of the Broadcasting Act 1990,

(b) section 150(4) of the Broadcasting Act 1996, or

(c) section 411(6) of the Communications Act 2003,

may be exercised so as to extend to any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man any amendment or repeal made by or under this Act of any part of the Broadcasting Act 1990, the Broadcasting Act 1996 or the Communications Act 2003 (with or without modifications).

(4) His Majesty may by Order in Council provide for any of the other provisions of this Act to extend, with or without modifications, to any of the Channel Islands or to the Isle of Man.

55 Commencement

(1) The following come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—

(a) Part 2, so far as it confers powers to make regulations;

(b) sections 52 to 54, this section and section 56.

(2) Section 50 comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.

(3) The following come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint—

(a) Part 1;

(b) the remaining provisions of Part 2;

(c) Part 3;

(d) Part 4;

(e) Part 5;

(f) Part 6;

(g) section 49 and Schedules 10 and 11;

(h) section 51 and Schedule 12.

(4) Different days may be appointed for different purposes.

(5) The Secretary of State may by regulations make transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act.

(6) The power to make regulations under subsection (5) includes power to make different provision for different purposes.

(7) Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument.

56 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Media Act 2024.