{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-broadcasting-independent-productions-amendment-order-2003/article-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2003/0110458443",
  "legislation_title": "The Broadcasting (Independent Productions) (Amendment) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-broadcasting-independent-productions-amendment-order-2003",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Extending the meaning of “independent producer”",
  "text": "In article 3—\n(a) in paragraph (4)(c), for “broadcaster” and “broadcasters” substitute respectively “UK broadcaster” and “UK broadcasters”;\n(b) after paragraph (6) insert—\n“(6A) For the purposes of this article, where a programme has been made by a producer (whether on his own or together with any other person) who would not, apart from this paragraph, be treated as an independent producer in relation to his part in the making of that programme, he shall be so treated if—\n(a) he was commissioned to make the programme (whether on his own or together with any other person) by the relevant broadcaster,\n(b) he was an independent producer when he was so commissioned,\n(c) the relevant broadcaster so commissioned him in good faith in the expectation that he would be an independent producer when he performed his part in the making of the programme, and\n(d) the programme was made within 2 years of the date on which he was so commissioned.\nIn this paragraph, any reference to a programme, in relation to a programme to which sub-paragraph (c) of article 2(1) above applies, is to that part of the programme referred to in paragraph (iii) of that sub-paragraph.\n(6B) For the purposes of paragraph (6A) above, a producer is commissioned to make a programme on the date on which he becomes subject to a contractual obligation to make that programme (whether on his own or with another person) regardless whether that obligation is subsequently varied in any particular or supplemented by any further contractual provisions relating to the making of the programme.”; and\n(c) in paragraph (7)—\n(i) omit “and” where it occurs immediately after the definition of “control”;\n(ii) insert “; and” immediately after the definition of “producer”; and\n(iii) at the end of the paragraph insert the following definition—\n““UK broadcaster” means any broadcaster who provides a television service intended for reception in, or in any area in, the United Kingdom (whether or not that service is also intended for reception elsewhere).”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2003/0110458443/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:25:15.779942+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."
}