Regulation 5 Independent productions quotas for relevant providers and provision about their fulfilment

For the purposes of section 277 of, and paragraphs 1 and 7 of Schedule 12 to, the 2003 Act, the total duration of independent productions for each relevant provider is at least the number of hours per year specified in the Schedule.

Qualifying audiovisual content that is made available in the circumstances described in paragraph (3) may not be counted towards meeting the quota condition in paragraph (1).

Those circumstances are that the person has previously made available audiovisual content consisting of the same or substantially the same material (whether in the same year or a previous year).