64 Must-carry obligations
Communications Act 2003 (2003 c 21) | Legislation

General conditions: must-carry obligations

64  Must-carry obligations

(1)     General conditions may include conditions making any provision that OFCOM consider appropriate for securing that particular services are broadcast or otherwise transmitted by means of the electronic communications networks described in the conditions.

(2)     A general condition containing provision authorised by this section is not (subject to subsection (4)) to require a service to be broadcast or otherwise transmitted by means of an electronic communications network unless—

(a)     the service is included in the list of must-carry services; and

(b)     the effect of the requirement is confined to networks by means of which public electronic communications services are provided that are used by a significant number of end-users as their principal means of receiving television programmes.

(3)     That list is as follows—

(a)     any service of television programmes provided by the BBC so far as it is provided in digital form and is a service in relation to which OFCOM have functions;

(b)     the Channel 3 services so far as provided in digital form;

(c)     Channel 4 so far as provided in digital form;

(d)     Channel 5 so far as provided in digital form;

(e)     S4C Digital;

(f)     . . ..

(4)

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