Section 61A S4C public service fund.C1

United Kingdom

(1)

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(2)

All amounts received by F3S4C under section 61 F4... shall be kept by F5S4C in a separate fund (in this section referred to as “the public service fund”) which may be applied only for the purposes of F6fulfilling S4C’s public service remit.

(3)

No S4C company shall receive any direct or indirect subsidy from the public service fund.

(4)

F7S4C shall secure that no F8audiovisual content which has been wholly or partly financed out of the public service fund is included in a F9relevant audiovisual service provided by an S4C company before it is first F10included in a relevant audiovisual service provided by S4C in fulfilling its public service remit.

(4A)

F11In subsection (4), “audiovisual content” and “relevant audiovisual service” have the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Communications Act 2003 (see section 362 of that Act).

(5)

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(6)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 61A inserted (1.10.1996) by 1996 c. 55, s. 81(1); S.I. 1996/2120, art. 4 Sch. 1
F2: S. 61A(1) repealed (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 19(1) Note 1 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)
F3: Word in s. 61A(2) substituted (23.8.2024) by Media Act 2024 (c. 15), s. 55(3)(c), Sch. 4 para. 6(2)(a); S.I. 2024/858, reg. 2(1)(x)
F4: Words in s. 61A(2) repealed (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 19(1) Note 1 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)
F5: Word in s. 61A(2) substituted (23.8.2024) by Media Act 2024 (c. 15), s. 55(3)(c), Sch. 4 para. 6(2)(b); S.I. 2024/858, reg. 2(1)(x)
F6: Words in s. 61A(2) substituted (1.1.2026) by Media Act 2024 (c. 15), s. 55(3)(c), Sch. 4 para. 6(2)(c); S.I. 2025/1049, reg. 3(v)
F7: Word in s. 61A(4) substituted (23.8.2024) by Media Act 2024 (c. 15), s. 55(3)(c), Sch. 4 para. 6(3)(a); S.I. 2024/858, reg. 2(1)(x)
F8: Words in s. 61A(4) substituted (1.1.2026) by Media Act 2024 (c. 15), s. 55(3)(c), Sch. 4 para. 6(3)(b); S.I. 2025/1049, reg. 3(v)
F9: Words in s. 61A(4) substituted (1.1.2026) by Media Act 2024 (c. 15), s. 55(3)(c), Sch. 4 para. 6(3)(c); S.I. 2025/1049, reg. 3(v)
F10: Words in s. 61A(4) substituted (1.1.2026) by Media Act 2024 (c. 15), s. 55(3)(c), Sch. 4 para. 6(3)(d); S.I. 2025/1049, reg. 3(v)
F11: S. 61A(4A) inserted (1.1.2026) by Media Act 2024 (c. 15), s. 55(3)(c), Sch. 4 para. 6(4); S.I. 2025/1049, reg. 3(v)
F12: S. 61A(5)(6) repealed (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 19(1) Note 1 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)
F13: Word in s. 61A heading substituted (23.8.2024) by Media Act 2024 (c. 15), s. 55(3)(c), Sch. 4 para. 6(5); S.I. 2024/858, reg. 2(1)(x)

Modifications

C1: Pt. 1: transfer of functions (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 1 para. 3(a) (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)