Regulation 2 Regional programme-making quotas - functions conferred on OFCOM

(1)

OFCOM must determine whether qualifying audiovisual content^f1 that is made available by a person in the circumstances described in paragraph (2) may be counted towards meeting a regional programme-making quota condition.

(2)

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).

(3)

In this regulation, a “regional programme-making quota condition” means a condition that forms part of the regulatory regime of a licensed public service channel by virtue of the following provisions of the Communications Act 2003—

(a)

section 286(1)(a) and (aa) or (3)(a) and (aa) or section 288(1)(a) and (aa) (regional programme-making quotas relating to duration)^f2;

(b)

section 286(1)(c) or (3)(c) or 288(1)(c) (regional programme-making quotas relating to expenditure)^f3, where the condition is framed by reference to the making available of qualifying audiovisual content.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: “Qualifying audiovisual content” is defined in section 278B(1) of the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), which was inserted by section 11 of the Media Act 2024.
f2: Section 286(1)(a) and (aa) and (3)(a) and (aa) and section 288(1)(a) and (aa) were substituted by section 14 of the Media Act 2024.
f3: Sections 286(1)(c) and (3)(c) and 288(1)(c) were amended by section 14 of the Media Act 2024.