# The Media Ownership (Local Radio and Appointed News Provider) Order 2003, Article 9: Prohibition on holding a local sound broadcasting licence, holding a Channel 3 licence, and running a local newspaper


No one person may at the same time—
(a) hold a local sound broadcasting licence (“the licence in question”); and
(b) hold the licence to provide any regional Channel 3 service the potential audience of which includes at least 50 per cent. of the potential audience of the service provided under the licence in question; and
(c) run—
(i) a local newspaper which has a local market share of 50 per cent. or more in the coverage area for the service provided under the licence in question, or
(ii) local newspapers which together have a local market share of 50 per cent. or more in that coverage area.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2003/0110482107/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-media-ownership-local-radio-and-appointed-news-provider-order-2003/article-9
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