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Paragraph 59 I1I2

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Section 353 (changes of control of Channel 5) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (4)—

(a)

omit paragraph (a)(i);

(b)

after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)

the extent to which the qualifying audiovisual content made available by the provider of Channel 5 includes a range of original productions and the duration (in total) of those productions;”;

(c)

in paragraph (b), for “programmes of each of those descriptions” substitute “news programmes, current affairs programmes and original productions”.

(3)

In subsection (5)—

(a)

for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

the extent to which the qualifying audiovisual content made in the United Kingdom that is made available by the provider of Channel 5 includes a range of programmes made outside the M25 area and the duration (in total) of those programmes;”;

(b)

omit paragraph (b).

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 2 para. 59 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 55(3)(a)

I2

Sch. 2 para. 59 in force at 1.1.2026 by S.I. 2025/1049, reg. 3(u)