# Broadcasting Act 1996, Section 100: Contract for televising showing coverage of listed event must specify category of service.


(1) Any contract entered into after the commencement of this section shall be void so far as it purports to grant to a television programme provider rights to televise the whole or any part of a listed event live for reception in the United Kingdom, or any area of the United Kingdom, unless the contract complies with subsection (2).
Any contract entered into on or after the day on which section 21 of the Media Act 2024 comes into force is void so far as it purports to grant rights to include live coverage of the whole or any part of a listed event in a relevant service for reception in, or in order to be accessed by members of the public in, the United Kingdom, or any area of the United Kingdom, unless the contract complies with subsection (2).
(2) A contract complies with this subsection if the terms of the contract allow the television programme provider the provider of the relevant service to include the live coverage of the listed event—
(a) only in a television programme service relevant service falling within paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 98, or
(b) only in a television programme service relevant service falling within paragraph (b) of that subsection.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/55/section/100 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/broadcasting-act-1996/section-100
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