{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/schedule-14/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/schedule-14/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/21",
  "legislation_title": "Communications Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/14/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person who is—\n(a) the proprietor of a national newspaper which for the time being has a national market share of 20 per cent. or more, or\n(b) the proprietor of national newspapers which for the time being together have a national market share of 20 per cent. or more,\nis not to be a participant with more than a 20 per cent. interest in a body corporate which is the holder of a licence to provide a Channel 3 service.\n(2) A person who is the holder of a licence to provide a Channel 3 service is not to be a participant with more than a 20 per cent. interest in a body corporate which is a relevant national newspaper proprietor.\n(3) A body corporate is not to be a participant with more than a 20 per cent. interest in a body corporate which holds a licence to provide a Channel 3 service if the first body corporate is one in which a relevant national newspaper proprietor is a participant with more than a 20 per cent. interest.\n(4) A restriction imposed by this paragraph on participation in a body corporate which is the holder of a Channel 3 licence applies equally to participation in a body corporate which controls the holder of such a licence.\n(5) Any restriction on participation imposed by this paragraph—\n(a) on the proprietor of a newspaper, or\n(b) on the holder of a licence,\nis to apply as if he and every person connected with him were one person.\n(6) In this paragraph “a relevant national newspaper proprietor” means a person who runs—\n(a) a national newspaper which for the time being has a national market share of 20 per cent. or more; or\n(b) national newspapers which for the time being together have a national market share of 20 per cent. or more.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 14 para. 2 in force at 29.12.2003 by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/schedule/14/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:16.154105+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."
}