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Change 1
As published
40 Power to direct licensee to broadcast correction or a statement of findings or not to repeat programme.
(1) If OFCOM are satisfied—
(a) that the holder of a Channel 3 or Channel 5 licence has failed to comply with any condition of the licence, and
(b) that that failure can be appropriately remedied by the inclusion in the licensed service of a correction or a statement of findings (or both) under this subsection,
they may (subject to subsection (2)) direct the licence holder to include in the licensed service a correction or a statement of findings (or both) in such form, and at such time or times, as they may determine.
(2) OFCOM shall not give any person a direction under subsection (1) unless they have given him a reasonable opportunity of making representations to them about the matters complained of.
(3) Where the holder of a licence includes a correction or a statement of findings in the licensed service in pursuance of a direction under subsection (1), he may announce that he is doing so in pursuance of such a direction.
(4) If OFCOM are satisfied that the inclusion by the holder of a Channel 3 or Channel 5 licence of any programme in the licensed service involved a failure by him to comply with any condition of the licence, they may direct him not to include that programme in that service on any future occasion.
(5) This section shall apply in relation to Channel 4 as if any reference to a Channel 3 licence were a reference to the licence to provide Channel 4.
(6) For the purposes of this section a statement of findings, in relation to a case in which OFCOM are satisfied that the holder of a licence has contravened the conditions of his licence, is a statement of OFCOM’s findings in relation to that contravention.
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40 Power to direct licensee to broadcast correction or a statement of findings or not to repeat programme.
(1) If OFCOM are satisfied—
(a) that the holder of a Channel 3 or Channel 5 licence has failed to comply with any condition of the licence, and
(b) that that failure can be appropriately remedied by the inclusion in the licensed service of a correction or a statement of findings (or both) under this subsection,
they may (subject to subsection (2)) direct the licence holder to include in the licensed service a correction or a statement of findings (or both) in such form, and at such time or times, as they may determine.
(2) OFCOM shall not give any person a direction under subsection (1) unless they have given him a reasonable opportunity of making representations to them about the matters complained of.
(3) Where the holder of a licence includes a correction or a statement of findings in the licensed service in pursuance of a direction under subsection (1), he may announce that he is doing so in pursuance of such a direction.
(4) If OFCOM are satisfied that the inclusion by the holder of a Channel 3 or Channel 5 licence of any programme in the licensed service involved a failure by him to comply with any condition of the licence, they may direct him not to include that programme in that service on any future occasion.
(5) This section shall apply in relation to Channel 4 as if any reference to a Channel 3 licence were a reference to the licence to provide Channel 4.
(6) For the purposes of this section a statement of findings, in relation to a case in which OFCOM are satisfied that the holder of a licence has contravened the conditions of his licence, is a statement of OFCOM’s findings in relation to that contravention.
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