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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/broadcasting-act-1990/schedule-2/part-II/crossheading-disqualification-of-religious-bodies/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/42",
  "legislation_title": "Broadcasting Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/broadcasting-act-1990",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/II/crossheading/disqualification-of-religious-bodies/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The following persons are disqualified persons in relation only to licences falling within sub-paragraph (1A)—\n(a) a body whose objects are wholly or mainly of a religious nature;\n(b) a body which is controlled by a body falling within paragraph (a) or by two or more such bodies taken together;\n(c) a body which controls a body falling within paragraph (a);\n(d) a body corporate which is an associate of a body corporate falling within paragraph (a), (b) or (c);\n(e) a body corporate in which a body falling within any of paragraphs (a) to (d) is a participant with more than a 5 per cent. interest;\n(f) an individual who is an officer of a body falling within paragraph (a); and\n(g) a body which is controlled by an individual falling within paragraph (f) or by two or more such individuals taken together.\n(1A) A licence falls within this sub-paragraph if it is—\n(a) a Channel 3 licence;\n(b) a Channel 5 licence;\n(c) a national sound broadcasting licence;\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e) an additional television service licence;\n(f) a television multiplex licence; or\n(g) a radio multiplex licence.\n(1B) In this paragraph—\n“additional television service licence” means a licence under Part 1 of this Act to provide an additional television service within the meaning of Part 3 of the Communications Act 2003;\n“Channel 3 licence” and “Channel 5 licence” each has the same meaning as in Part 1 of this Act;\n“national sound broadcasting licence” means a licence to provide a sound broadcasting service (within the meaning of Part 3 of this Act) which is a national service (within the meaning of that Part);\n...\n“radio multiplex licence” means a licence under Part 2 of the Broadcasting Act 1996 to provide a radio multiplex service within the meaning of that Part; and\n“television multiplex licence” means a licence under Part 1 of the Broadcasting Act 1996 to provide a multiplex service within the meaning of that Part.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 2(1) substituted (18.9.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), ss. 348(2), 411(2) (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 (art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 2(1A)(1B) substituted for Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 2(2)(3) (18.9.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), ss. 348(2), 411(3) (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 (art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 2(1A)(d) omitted (23.8.2024) by virtue of Media Act 2024 (c. 15), s. 55(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 5(a); S.I. 2024/858, reg. 2(1)(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 2(1B) omitted (23.8.2024) by virtue of Media Act 2024 (c. 15), s. 55(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 5(b); S.I. 2024/858, reg. 2(1)(v)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/42/schedule/2/part/II/crossheading/disqualification-of-religious-bodies/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:42:53.031174+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}