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Section 368HG Tier 1 standards code: special impartiality requirementsF1F2

(1)

The impartiality requirements referred to in section 368HF(2)(e) are—

(a)

the exclusion from programmes included in any Tier 1 services of all expressions of the views or opinions of the person providing that service on—

(i)

matters of political or industrial controversy, or

(ii)

matters relating to current public policy;

(b)

the preservation of due impartiality on the part of the person providing the service as respects those matters.

(2)

Subsection (1)(a) does not require the exclusion of expressions of views or opinions relating to the provision of on-demand programme services or non-UK on-demand programme services.

(3)

A code under section 368HF must make provision about the application of the requirement in subsection (1)(b), including provision about the ways in which the requirement may be met.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Pt. 4A inserted (19.12.2009) by Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2979), regs. 1(1), 2

F2

Pt. 4A Ch. 3 inserted (23.8.2024) by Media Act 2024 (c. 15), s. 55(3)(d), Sch. 5; S.I. 2024/858, reg. 2(1)(y)