# The Public Bodies (Modification of Functions of OFCOM) Order 2013, Article 15: Functions of OFCOM in relation to broadcasters


(1) Section 264A (OFCOM reports: wider review and reporting obligations) is amended as follows.
(2) For subsection (1) substitute—
“(1) If required to do so by the Secretary of State, OFCOM must carry out a review of the extent to which material included in media services during the specified period (taken together over the period as a whole) contributed towards the fulfilment of the public service objectives.
“The specified period” means the period specified by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the review.
(1A) The Secretary of State may require a review under this section to be carried out—
(a) in relation to only the media services specified by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the review;
(b) in relation to only the public service objectives so specified.
(1B) If OFCOM are required to carry out a review under this section, they must also prepare and publish a report on the matters found on the review.”
(3) In subsection (2)—
(a) for “Every report under section 264 must” substitute “OFCOM must comply with a direction by the Secretary of State that requires a report under this section to do any of the following”;
(b) omit paragraph (a);
(c) in paragraph (b), after “the public service objectives” insert “(or such of those objectives as were specified by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the review)”;
(d) in paragraph (d), after “media services” insert “(or the media services that were specified by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the review)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111101919/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-bodies-modification-of-functions-of-ofcom-order-2013/article-15
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