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Section 290: Proposals for arrangements

Communications Act 2003 · 2003 c. 21View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 3: Television and Radio Services ETC — Chapter 4: Regulatory provisions

An application for a regional Channel 3 licence, in addition to being accompanied by the proposals mentioned in section 15(3)(b) of the 1990 Act, must be accompanied by the applicant's proposals for participating in networking arrangements.

OFCOM may publish general guidance to applicants for regional Channel 3 licences as to the kinds of proposals which they are likely to consider satisfactory.

The publication of guidance under subsection (2) is to be in such manner as OFCOM consider appropriate.

Arrangements are networking arrangements for the purposes of this Part if they—

apply to all the holders of regional Channel 3 licences;
provide for programmes made, commissioned or acquired by or on behalf of one or more of the holders of such licences to be , in relation to each holder of such a licence, available for inclusion in one or more qualifying audiovisual services provided by that holder or a person associated with that holder; and
are made for the purpose of enabling holders of such licences and persons associated with any of those holders to provide qualifying audiovisual services that (taken as a whole) are able to compete effectively with other television programme services and on-demand programme services provided in the United Kingdom.

Section 362AZ12 (6) (meaning of references to a person associated with a public service broadcaster) applies for the purposes of subsection (4)(b) and (c) as it applies for the purposes of Part 3A.

See also section 278B (which makes further provision for the interpretation of this section).

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