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TELEVISION (AMENDMENT)

Ord. No. 72/88

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(5) Where a notice under subsection (3) has been given---

(a) in case no representations or objections are made under this section as regards the direction, the terms of the direction to which the notice relates shall when given be the same as those proposed, or may, with the agreement of the licensee concerned and the Broadcasting Authority, differ from those proposed;

or

(b) in case such representations or objections are made, the terms of such direction may when given so differ to, and only to, an extent which is appropriate having regard to the representations or objections or any one or more of them.

(6) Where a direction is given under this section, the direction may provide for the payment (specifying their amount or specifying a scale by reference to which their amount is to be calculated) of fees to the licensee concerned in relation to any thing done by him to comply with a require- ment of the direction, and such fee (if any) shall be payable either by a person specified in the direction or, as the case may be, by a person who is of a class or description so specified.".

17. Section 23 is amended-

(a) by repealing subsections (1) and (2) and substituting—

"(1) Subject to subsection (2), a licensee may broadcast advertising material:

Provided that in relation to a particular programme

service-

(a) no period during which such material (other than

classified advertising) is broadcast shall exceed-

(i) in case the material is broadcast during a break within a programme, the maximum period specified as regards such breaks in a Code of Prac- tice issued under section 28 and which applies for the time being to the service; or

(ii) in case the material is broadcast during an interval between 2 programmes, the maximum period specified as regards such intervals in such a Code of Practice which so applies,

and in addition to the foregoing, in case there are 2 or more such periods in any clock hour, they shall not in the aggregate exceed 10 minutes;

(b) where there are 2 or more such periods in any 24 hours beginning at 6 a.m. on any day, they shall not in the aggregate be greater than 10 per cent of the whole of the time during which there is in the 24 hours any broadcast on that service;

Advertising