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2004 No. 1652

BROADCASTING

Broadcasting (Original Productions) Order 2004

  Made 28th June 2004 
  Coming into force 1st July 2004 

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 278(6) and (7) of the Communications Act 2003[1], and paragraph 8(6) and (7) of Schedule 12[2] to that Act, having consulted the Office of Communications, the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Welsh Authority[3], hereby makes the following Order, a draft of which has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 278(9) of and paragraph 8(9) of Schedule 12 to that Act and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:

Citation and commencement
     1.  - (1) This Order may be cited as the Broadcasting (Original Productions) Order 2004.

    (2) This Order comes into force on 1st July 2004.

Interpretation
    
2. In this Order, "programme" does not include an advertisement.

Meaning of "original productions" for licensed public service channels
    
3. In section 278 of the Communications Act 2003 (programming quotas for original productions), references, in relation to a licensed public service channel, to "original productions" are references to programmes of the following description, namely, programmes which - 

Meaning of "original productions" for designated public services of the Welsh Authority
    
4. In paragraph 8 of Schedule 12 to the Communications Act 2003 (programming quotas for original productions), references, in relation to the designated public services of the Welsh Authority, to "original productions" are references to programmes of the following description, namely, programmes which - 

Meaning of "European programmes"
    
5.  - (1) For the purposes of articles 3 and 4, "European programmes" are programmes which are European works.

    (2) To the extent specified in paragraph (4), programmes which are not European works may also be treated as "European programmes" by OFCOM for the purposes of articles 3 and 4, provided they are part-qualifying works.

    (3) A part-qualifying work is a programme of the following description, namely a programme in the case of which a Community producer has, or Community producers have, contributed to its total production costs and either - 

    (4) The proportion of a part-qualifying work which can be treated as a European programme by OFCOM shall be calculated by reference to the duration of the work, being the same proportion as the proportion of the contribution of a Community producer or the combined contribution of Community producers (as the case may be) in relation to the total production costs of the part-qualifying work.

    (5) In this article - 


Andrew McIntosh
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Culture, Media and Sport

28th June 2004



SCHEDULE
Article 5(5)


Article 6(1) to (4) of Council Directive 89/552/EEC as amended by Directive 97/36/EC




EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order, which comes into force on 1st July 2004, defines programmes which, in relation to a licensed public service channel, are to be "original productions" for the purposes of section 278 of the Communications Act 2003 (article 3); and programmes which, in relation to the designated public services of the Welsh Authority, are to be "original productions" for the purposes of paragraph 8 of Schedule 12 to that Act (article 4). This is done in connection with setting programming quotas for original productions, for which that Act makes provision.

In relation to both licensed public service channels and the designated public service channels of the Welsh Authority, a programme is an original production if it is commissioned with a view to its first being shown on television in the United Kingdom on the relevant channel or service and if it is also a European programme within the meaning of article 5.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.


Notes:

[1] 2003 c. 21.back

[2] Schedule 12 to the Communications Act 2003 has effect by virtue of section 338 of that Act.back

[3] Such consultation is required by section 278(8) of the Communications Act 2003 in relation to the powers conferred by section 278(6) and (7); and paragraph 8(8) of Schedule 12 to that Act in relation to the powers conferred by paragraph 8(6) and (7) of that Schedule.back

[4] O.J. No. L298 p. 23, 17.10.89.back

[5] O.J. No. L202 p. 60, 30.7.97.back



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  © Crown copyright 2004

Prepared 5 July 2004


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