Regulation 4 Transitional provisionI1

United Kingdom

(1)

A condition relating to local news included in a local licence under section 106(1) of the 1990 Act (requirements as to character and coverage of national and local services)^f1 is to be treated as having been included in such a licence under section 314(1)(a) of the 2003 Act (local news and information in local sound broadcasting services), as that section is amended by section 44 of the 2024 Act^f2.

(2)

The requirement in section 314(2)(b) of the 2003 Act, as that section is amended by section 44 of the 2024 Act (to have regard to guidance when requiring a local licence to include a condition), does not apply in relation to any licence to which paragraph (1) applies.

(3)

In this regulation—

(a)

“local licence” has the meaning given in section 126 of the 1990 Act^f3;

(b)

“local news” means news which is of particular interest—

(i)

to persons living or working within the area or locality for which the service is provided,

(ii)

to persons living or working within a part of that area or locality, or

(iii)

to particular communities living or working within that area or locality or part of it.

(4)

References in this regulation to persons living or working within an area or locality include references to persons undergoing education or training in that area or locality.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 4 in force at made date

Footnotes

f1: Section 106(1) was amended by paragraph 49 of Schedule 15 and by Schedule 19 to the Communications Act 2003 and by section 43 of the Media Act 2024 (c. 15).
f2: There are amendments to section 314 but none is relevant.
f3: The definition of “local licence” must be read with the definition of “local service” in section 126 of the Broadcasting Act 1990. The definition of “local service” was substituted by paragraph 59(b) of Schedule 15 to the Communications Act 2003. There are other amendments to section 126 but none is relevant.