Part 1 Channel 3 Services
Communications Act 2003 (2003 c 21) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 14 Media Ownership Rules

Section 350

Part 1 Channel 3 Services

Ban on newspaper proprietors holding Channel 3 licences

1

(1)     A person is not to hold a licence to provide a Channel 3 service if—

(a)     he runs a national newspaper which for the time being has a national market share of 20 per cent or more; or

(b)     he runs national newspapers which for the time being together have a national market share of 20 per cent or more.

(2)     . . .

(3)     For the purposes of this paragraph, where there is a licence to provide a Channel 3 service, each of the following shall be treated as holding that licence—

(a)     the actual licence holder; and

(b)     every person connected with the actual licence holder.

Restrictions on participation

2

(1)     A person who is—

(a)     the proprietor of a national newspaper which for the time being has a national market share of 20 per cent or more, or

(b)     the proprietor of national newspapers which for the time being together have a national market share of 20 per cent or more,

is not to be a participant

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