SCHEDULES

Section 1.

SCHEDULE 1The Independent Broadcasting Authority: Supplementary Provisions

Appointment of members

1(1)All the members of the Authority (including the Chairman and Deputy Chairman who shall be appointed as such) shall be appointed by the Secretary of State from among persons appearing to him to be qualified for the office.

(2)Three out of the members of the Authority other than the Chairman and Deputy Chairman shall be persons who appear to the Secretary of State to be suited to make the interests of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, respectively, their special care.

(3)A person shall be disqualified for being appointed, or being, a member of the Authority so long as he is a Governor of the BBC.

(4)Before appointing a person to be a member of the Authority, the Secretary of State shall satisfy himself that that person will have no such financial or other interest (and, in particular, no such financial or other interest in any advertising agency or in any business concerned with the manufacture or sale of apparatus for wireless telegraphy or other telegraphic equipment or in any business consisting or intended to consist in whole or in part in entering into or carrying out contracts with the Authority for the provision of programmes or parts of programmes) as is likely to affect prejudicially the discharge by him of his functions as member of the Authority ; and the Secretary of State shall also satisfy himself from time to time with respect to every member of the Authority that he has no such interest.

(5)Any person who is, or whom the Secretary of State proposes to appoint to be, a member of the Authority shall, whenever requested by the Secretary of State to do so, furnish to him such information as the Secretary of State considers necessary for the performance by him of his duties under sub-paragraph (4).

Tenure of office

2(1)Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), every member of the Authority shall hold office for such period, not exceeding five years, as may be fixed at the time of his appointment, and shall, on ceasing to be a member, be eligible for re-appointment.

(2)The Secretary of State may at any time direct by notice in writing, a copy of which shall be laid before each House of Parliament, that any member of the Authority shall cease to hold office; and any member of the Authority may at any time resign his office by notice in writing to the Secretary of State.

(3)If any member of the Authority dies or ceases to hold office before the expiry of the term for which he was appointed, the term of office of his successor shall be so fixed as to expire at the end of the former term, but the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit to do so, defer the making of an appointment until the expiry of the former term.

Remuneration and pensions of members

3(1)The Authority shall pay to each of their members, in respect of his office as such, such remuneration (whether by way of salary or fees) and such allowances as the Secretary of State may determine in the case of those members respectively; and in determining the remuneration and allowances to be paid under this sub-paragraph, different provision may be made as regards the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman and the other members.

(2)If any member of the Authority, other than the Chairman, is employed about the affairs of the Authority otherwise than as a member of the Authority, the Authority shall pay to that member (in addition to any remuneration to which he may be entitled in respect of his office as a member) such remuneration, if any, as the Secretary of State may determine.

(3)The Authority may pay or make provision for paying to or in respect of any of their members such pensions, allowances or gratuities as the Secretary of State may determine in the case of those members respectively.

(4)Where a person ceases to be a member of the Authority otherwise than on the expiry of his term of office and it appears to the Secretary of State that there are special circumstances which make it right for him to receive compensation, the Authority may make to him a payment of such amount as the Secretary of State may determine.

(5)The approval of the Minister for the Civil Service shall be required for any determination under this paragraph.

(6)As soon as possible after making a determination under this paragraph, the Secretary of State shall lay a statement thereof before each House of Parliament.

Capacity and status of Authority

4(1)It shall be within the capacity of the Authority as a statutory corporation to do such things and enter into such transactions as are incidental or conducive to the exercise and performance of their powers and duties under this Act, including the borrowing of money.

(2)It is declared that the Authority are not to be treated for the purposes of the enactments and rules of law relating to the privileges of the Crown as a body exercising functions on behalf of the Crown.

Proceedings

5(1)The quorum of the Authority shall be four or such number not being less than four as the Authority may from time to time determine.

(2)The Authority may act notwithstanding a vacancy among their members.

6(1)A member of the Authority who is in any way directly or indirectly interested in a contract made or proposed to be made by the Authority shall, as soon as possible after the relevant circumstances have come to his knowledge, disclose the nature of his interest at a meeting of the Authority.

(2)Any disclosure made under sub-paragraph (1) shall be recorded in the minutes of the Authority, and the member—

(a)shall not take part after the disclosure in any deliberation or decision of the Authority with respect to that contract, and

(b)shall be disregarded for the purpose of constituting a quorum of the Authority for any such deliberation or decision.

7Subject to paragraphs 5 and 6, the Authority may regulate their own procedure.

Officers and employees of Authority

8(1)The Authority may appoint a secretary and such other officers, and take into their employment such other persons, as they may determine.

(2)The Authority shall, as regards any officers or persons employed in whose case it may be determined by the Authority so to do, pay to or in respect of them such pensions, allowances or gratuities, or provide and maintain for them such pension schemes (whether contributory or not), as may be so determined.

(3)If any officer of or other person employed by the Authority, being a participant in any pension scheme applicable to his office or employment, becomes a member of the Authority, he may, if the Secretary of State so determines, be treated for the purposes of the pension scheme as if his service as a member of the Authority were service as an officer of or person employed by the Authority.

Authentication of Authority's seal

9The application of the seal of the Authority shall be authenticated by—

(a)the signature of the Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Authority or some other member of the Authority authorised by the Authority to authenticate the application of their seal, and

(b)the signature of the secretary of the Authority or some other officer of the Authority authorised by the Authority to act in that behalf.

Presumption of authenticity of documents issued by Authority

10Any document purporting to be an instrument issued by the Authority and to be sealed as aforesaid or to be signed on behalf of the Authority shall be received in evidence and shall be deemed to be such an instrument without further proof unless the contrary is shown.

Section 8.

SCHEDULE 2Rules as to Advertisements

1(1)The advertisements must be clearly distinguishable as such and recognisably separate from the rest of the programme.

(2)Successive advertisements must be recognisably separate.

(3)Advertisements must not be arranged or presented in such a way that any separate advertisement appears to be part of a continuous feature.

(4)Audible matter in advertisements must not be excessively noisy or strident.

2The standards and practice to be observed in carrying out the requirements of the preceding paragraph shall be such as the Authority may determine either generally or in particular cases.

3The amount of time given to advertising in the programmes shall not be so great as to detract from the value of the programmes as a medium of information, education and entertainment.

4Advertisements shall not be inserted otherwise than at the beginning or the end of the programme or in natural breaks therein.

5(1)Rules (to be agreed upon from time to time between the Authority and the Secretary of State, or settled by the Secretary of State in default of such agreement) shall be observed as to the classes of broadcasts (which shall in particular include the broadcast of any religious service) in which advertisements may not be inserted, and the interval which must elapse between any such broadcast and any previous or subsequent period given over to advertisements.

(2)The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the Authority, impose rules as to the minimum interval which must elapse between any two periods given over to advertisements, and the rules may make different provision for different circumstances.

6In the acceptance of advertisements there must be no unreasonable discrimination either against or in favour of any particular advertiser.

7(1)The charges made by any programme contractor for advertisements shall be in accordance with tariffs fixed by him from time to time, being tariffs drawn up in such detail and published in such form and manner as the Authority may determine.

(2)Any such tariffs may make provision for different circumstances, and. in particular, may provide, in such detail as the Authority may determine, for the making, in special circumstances, of additional special charges.

8No advertisement shall be permitted which is inserted by of on behalf of any body whose objects are wholly or mainly of a religious or political nature, and no advertisement shall be permitted which is directed towards any religious or political end or has any relation to any industrial dispute.

9If, in the case of any of the broadcasting stations used by the Authority, there appears to the Authority to be a sufficient local demand to justify that course, provision shall be made for a reasonable allocation of time for local advertisements, of which a suitable proportion shall be short local advertisements.

Section 14(5).

SCHEDULE 3Teletext Services

PART IProvisions of Act Applied by Section 14(5)

PART IIOther Provisions Applied by Section 14(5)

Section 32.

SCHEDULE 4Rental Payments

Advertising receipts

1(1)In the principal sections and this Schedule " advertising receipts" means, in relation to a programme contrator, and in relation to any period, the payments received or to be received by the programme contractor in consideration of the insertion of advertisements in programmes provided by the programme contractor and broadcast in the United Kingdom by the Authority in the period.

(2)If, in connection with the insertion of advertisements which are paid for by payments constituting advertising receipts, any payments are made to the programme contractor to meet any additional payments, those payments shall be regarded as made in consideration of the insertion of the advertisements in question.

(3)In the case of an advertisement inserted in a programme under arrangements made between a programme contractor and a person acting as advertising agent, the amount of any receipt by the programme contractor which represents a payment by the advertiser from which the advertising agent has deducted any amount by way of commission shall be the amount of the payment by the advertiser after the deduction of the commission, so, however, that if the amount so deducted exceeds 15 per cent, of the payment by the advertiser, the amount of the receipt shall be the amount of that payment less 15 per cent.

(4)Any contract shall provide that where for any insertion of an advertisement a programme contractor receives or is entitled to an entire consideration not solely referable to that insertion, the advertising receipts shall be calculated by reference to so much only of the consideration as is referable to that insertion according to an apportionment made in such manner as the contract may provide.

(5)In the application of this Schedule in relation to the additional payments mentioned in section 32(1)(b), the reference in sub-paragraph (1) to the insertion of advertisements in programmes provided by the programme contractor and broadcast in the United Kingdom by the Authority in the period in question includes (except in the case of a teletext contractor who is not a TV programme contractor) a reference to the insertion of programmes consisting of advertisements provided by the programme contractor for broadcasting on the Fourth Channel and so broadcast in that period.

Profits

2(1)The profits of a programme contractor for an accounting period shall be computed in accordance with this paragraph.

(2)The profits shall consist of the excess of relevant income over relevant expenditure.

(3)" Relevant income " means—

(a)income which accrues to the contractor in connection (dirrectly or indirectly) with the provision of programmes by him, and

(b)where income accrues to a subsidiary of the contractor in connection (directly or indirectly) with the provision of programmes by the contractor such part of that income as, in the opinion of the Authority, should be attributed to the contractor as reflecting the contractor's financial interest in the subsidiary.

(4)Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (3) " relevant income " includes all the contractor's advertising receipts for the accounting period in question.

(5)" Relevant expenditure " means-

(a)expenditure properly chargeable to revenue account which is incurred by the contractor in connection (directly or indirectly) with the provision of programmes by him, and

(b)where a subsidiary of the contractor incurs expenditure properly chargeable to revenue account in connection (directly or indirectly) with the provision of programmes by the contractor, such part of that expenditure as, in the opinion of the Authority, should be attributed to the contractor as reflecting the contractor's financial interest in the subsidiary.

(6)In ascertaining relevant income or relevant expenditure no account shall be taken of—

(a)interest on a loan, or

(b)so much of any receipt or expenditure as in the opinion of the Authority is attributable to the provision of programmes outside the United Kingdom.

(7)Where relevant income consists of advertising receipts, the income shall be attributed to accounting periods in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 and the same principle should be followed in relating other items of income, and items of expenditure, to accounting periods.

(8)In this paragraph " programmes " means—

(a)in the application of this Schedule in relation to the additional payments mentioned in section 32(1)(6), television programmes, including (except in the case of a teletext contractor who is not a TV programme contractor and of sub-paragraph (6)(b)) advertisements or other programmes for broadcasting on the Fourth Channel;

(b)in the application of this Schedule in relation to the additional payments mentioned in section 32(2)(b), local sound broadcasts.

Computation of profits of programme contractors

3(1)It shall be the duty of the Authority—

(a)to draw up, and from time to time review, a statement setting out the principles to be followed in ascertaining relevant income and relevant expenditure for the purpose of computing under paragraph 2 the profits of a programme contractor for an accounting period ; and

(b)in computing under that paragraph the profits of a programme contractor for any accounting period beginning on or after 13th November 1980, to take account of that statement (including any revision thereof which has taken effect before the end of that period).

(2)A statement under this paragraph may set out different principles for TV programme contractors, programme contractors for the provision of local sound broadcasting and teletext contractors respectively.

(3)Before drawing up or revising a statement under this paragraph the Authority shall consult the Secretary of State and the Treasury.

(4)The Authority shall—

(a)publish the statement drawn up under this paragraph and every revision of that statement; and

(b)transmit a copy of the statement, and of every revision of it, to the Secretary of State ;

and the Secretary of State shall lay copies of the statement and of every such revision before each House of Parliament.

Disputes

4(1)For the purposes of the principal sections and this Schedule—

(a)the amount of any advertising receipts, or

(b)the amount of any profits, or

(c)the amount of any additional payments, or of an instalment of additional payments,

shall, in the event of a disagreement between the Authority and the programme contractor, be the amount determined by the Authority.

(2)No determination of the Authority under this paragraph shall be called in question in any court of law, or be the subject of any arbitration ; but nothing in this sub-paragraph shall prevent—

(a)the bringing of proceedings in the High Court, or the High Court in Northern Ireland, for an order of certiorari; or

(b)the exercise of the jurisdiction of the Court of Session to entertain an application for the reduction or suspension of the determination, or otherwise to consider the validity of the determination.

Accounting periods

5(1)Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, each period for which a body corporate which is a programme contractor makes up a profit and loss account which is laid before the body corporate in general meeting shall be an accounting period, whether that period is a year or not.

(2)If part of the said period for which a profit and loss account is made up falls before, and part after—

(a)the commencement of a relevant order under section 32, or

(b)the time when the programme contractor begins or ceases to provide programmes for broadcasting by the Authority,

the two parts shall be treated as separate accounting periods.

In paragraph (a) " relevant order" means, in the application of this Schedule in relation to the additional payments mentioned in subsection (1)(b) or (as the case may be) subsection (2)(b) of section 32, an order having effect in relation to those payments.

(3)If sub-paragraph (2) would produce an accounting period of three months or less, that period shall be added on to the accounting period (if any) which precedes or succeeds it (and which does not fall to be divided from it under sub-paragraph (2)).

(4)A contract which varies another contract may modify the preceding provisions of this paragraph.

(5)Nothing in this paragraph shall create an accounting period which is a period during which the programme contractor is not providing programmes for broadcasting by the Authority.

(6)In the application of this Schedule in relation to the additional payments mentioned in section 32(2)(b)—

(a)sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph shall have effect as if there were inserted after sub-paragraph (2) (a)—

“(aa)the commencement of section 26 of the [1980 c. 64.] Broadcasting Act 1980, or”; and

(b)nothing in this paragraph shall create an accounting period falling before the commencement of the said section 26.

6If the programme contractor is not a body corporate the contractor's accounting periods shall be such as the Authority may direct, or as may be provided in the contract.

Information

7(1)Every contract shall impose on the contractor such requirements with respect to the furnishing of information to the Authority as appear to the Authority, after consultation with the Secretary of State, to be requisite—

(a)for enabling the Authority to perform their functions under the provisions of the principal sections and this Schedule, and

(b)for enabling the Authority to furnish to the Secretary of State such information as he may require for the purpose of determining whether, and in what manner, to exercise his powers of making orders under the said provisions.

(2)It shall be the duty of the Authority to furnish to the Secretary of State such information (whether obtained from contractors or otherwise) as is in their possession and is required by the Secretary of State for the purpose of determining whether, and in what manner, to exercise his powers of making orders under the said provisions.

8It shall be the duty of the Authority in framing any contract to include terms ensuring that the Authority will have the right to inspect all accounts and records-

(a)of the programme contractor, and

(b)of any subsidiary of the programme contractor,

for the purpose of discharging their functions under the principal sections and this Schedule.

Interpretation

9(1)In this Schedule, and in the principal sections, except where the context otherwise requires—

• "accounting period" shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 5 ; " additional payments " and " contract "—

  (a)

  in the application of this Schedule and the principal sections in relation to the additional payments mentioned in section 32(l)(b), mean respectively additional payments payable by virtue of that paragraph and a contract between the Authority and a programme contractor under which television programmes are to be provided by the programme contractor, and

  (b)

  in their application in relation to the additional payments mentioned in section 32(2)(6), mean respectively additional payments payable by virtue of that paragraph and a contract between the Authority and a programme contractor under which local sound broadcasts are to be provided by the programme contractor;

• "subsidiary", in relation to any person, means a company in which that person holds, directly or indirectly, 10 per cent, or more of the equity share capital.

(2)In this Schedule " payment" includes any valuable consideration, and references to receipts and expenditure shall be construed accordingly.

Section 46.

SCHEDULE 5The Welsh Fourth Channel Authority : Supplementary Provisions

Tenure of office of members

1(1)Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), the Chairman and every other member of the Welsh Authority shall hold office for such period, not exceeding five years, as may be fixed at the time of his appointment, and shall, on ceasing to be a member, be eligible for re-appointment.

(2)The Secretary of State may at any time direct by notice in writing, a copy of which shall be laid before each House of Parliament, that any member of the Welsh Authority shall cease to hold office; and any member of the Welsh Authority may at any time resign his office by notice in writing to the Secretary of State.

(3)If any member of the Welsh Authority dies or ceases to hold office before the expiry of the term for which he was appointed, the term of office of his successor shall be so fixed as to expire at the end of the former term, but the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit to do so, defer the making of an appointment until the expiry of the former term.

Remuneration and pensions of members

2(1)The Welsh Authority shall pay to each of their members, in respect of his office as such, such remuneration (whether by way of salary or fees) and such allowances as the Secretary of State may determine in the case of those members respectively; and, in determining the remuneration and allowances to be paid under this sub-paragraph, different provision may be made as regards the Chairman and the other members.

(2)If any member of the Welsh Authority, other than the Chairman, is employed about the affairs of the Welsh Authority otherwise than as a member of that Authority, the Welsh Authority shall pay to that member (in addition to any remuneration to which he may be entitled in respect of his office as a member) such remuneration, if any, as the Secretary of State may determine.

(3)The Welsh Authority may pay or make provision for paying to or in respect of any of their members such pensions, allowances or gratuities as the Secretary of State may determine in the case of those members respectively.

(4)Where a person ceases to be a member of the Welsh Authority otherwise than on the expiry of his term of office and it appears to the Secretary of State that there are special circumstances which make it right for him to receive compensation, the Welsh Authority may make to him a payment of such amount as the Secretary of State may determine.

(5)The approval of the Minister for the Civil Service shall be required for any determination under this paragraph.

(6)As soon as possible after making a determination under this paragraph, the Secretary of State shall lay a statement thereof before each House of Parliament.

Capacity and status of Welsh Authority

3(1)It shall be within the capacity of the Welsh Authority as a statutory corporation to do such things and enter into such transactions as are incidental or conducive to the exercise and performance of their powers and duties under this Act, including the borrowing of money.

(2)It is declared that the Welsh Authority are not to be treated for the purposes of the enactment and rules of law relating to the privileges of the Crown as a body exercising functions on behalf of the Crown.

Proceedings

4(1)The quorum of the Welsh Authority shall be two or such number not less than two as that Authority may from time to time determine.

(2)The Welsh Authority may act notwithstanding a vacancy among their members.

5(1)A member of the Welsh Authority who is in any way directly or indirectly interested in a contract made or proposed to be made by that Authority shall, as soon as possible after the relevant circumstances have come to his knowledge, disclose the nature of his interest at a meeting of that Authority.

(2)Any disclosure made under sub-paragraph (1) shall be recorded in the minutes of the Welsh Authority, and the member—

(a)shall not take part after the disclosure in any deliberation or decision of that Authority with respect to that contract, and

(b)shall be disregarded for the purpose of constituting a quorum of that Authority for any such deliberation or decision.

6Subject to paragraphs 4 and 5, the Welsh Authority may regulate their own procedure.

Officers and employees of Welsh Authority

7(1)The Welsh Authority may appoint a secretary and such other officers, and take into their employment such other persons, as they may determine.

(2)The Welsh Authority shall, as regards any officers or persons employed in whose case it may be determined by that Authority so to do, pay to or in respect of them such pensions, allowances or gratuities, or provide and maintain for them such pension schemes (whether contributory or not), as may be so determined.

(3)If any officer of or other person employed by the Welsh Authority, being a participant in any pension scheme applicable to his office or employment, becomes a member of the Welsh Authority, he may, if the Secretary of State so determines, be treated for the purposes of the pension scheme as if his service as a member of that Authority were service as an officer of or person employed by that Authority.

Machinery for settling terms and conditions of employment of Welsh Authority's staff etc.

8(1)Except so far as the Welsh Authority are satisfied that adequate machinery exists for achieving the purposes of this paragraph, it shall be the duty of the Welsh Authority to seek consultation with any organisation appearing to them to be appropriate with a view to the conclusion between the Welsh Authority and that organisation of such agreements as appear to the parties to be desirable with respect to the establishment and maintenance of machinery for—

(a)the settlement by negotiation of terms and conditions of employment of persons employed by the Welsh Authority, with provision for reference to arbitration, in default of such settlement, of such cases as may be determined by or under the agreements; and

(b)the promotion and encouragement of measures affecting the safety, health, training and welfare of persons employed by the Welsh Authority, and the discussion of other matters of mutual interest to that Authority and such persons.

(2)The Welsh Authority shall send to the Secretary of State copies of any such agreement and of any instrument varying the terms of any such agreement.

Authentication of Welsh Authority's seal

9The application of the seal of the Welsh Authority shall be authenticated by—

(a)the signature of the Chairman of the Welsh Authority or some other member of the Welsh Authority authorised by that Authority to authenticate the application of their seal and

(b)the signature of the secretary of the Welsh Authority or some other officer of the Welsh Authority authorised by that Authority to act in that behalf.

Presumption of authenticity of documents issued by Welsh Authority

10Any document purporting to be an instrument issued by the Welsh Authority and to be sealed as aforesaid or to be signed on behalf of the Welsh Authority shall be received in evidence and shall be deemed to be such an instrument without further proof unless the contrary is shown.

Section 50.

SCHEDULE 6Modifications of Act in Relation to the Fourth Channel in Wales

Section 2

1(1)So much of section 2(1) as relates to the quality of the matter transmitted shall not apply.

(2)Section 2(2) shall not apply.

Section 4

2(1)References in section 4 to programmes broadcast by the Authority shall be read as references to programmes provided by the Welsh Authority for broadcasting on the Fourth Channel in Wales.

(2)In section 4(1)—

(a)the first reference to the Authority shall be read as a reference to the Welsh Authority ; and

(b)so much of paragraph (d) as relates to cases where another language as well as English is in common use among persons served by the station or stations in question shall not apply.

(3)In section 4(2)—

(a)the first reference to the Authority shall be read as a reference to the Welsh Authority ; and

(b)after " opinion" insert " by the Welsh Fourth Channel Authority or the BBC, or ".

(4)In section 4(3), the first reference to the Authority shall be read as a reference to the Welsh Authority.

(5)In section 4(4), omit " , whether in an advertisement or not, ".

(6)In section 4(5), the first reference to the Authority shall be read as a reference to the Welsh Authority and in paragraph (b) " , whether an advertisement or not," shall be omitted.

(7)In section 4(7)—

(a)for " (including advertisements) broadcast by them the Authority " substitute " provided by them the Welsh Fourth Channel Authority "; and

(b)the subsequent reference to the Authority shall be read as a reference to the Welsh Authority.

Sections 5 and 7

3In sections 5 and 7—

(a)references to programmes broadcast by the Authority shall be read as references to programmes provided by the Welsh Authority for broadcasting on the Fourth Channel in Wales ;

(b)other references to the Authority shall be read as references to the Welsh Authority.

Section 45

4In section 45—

(a)references to programmes broadcast by the Authority shall be read as references to programmes provided by the Welsh Authority for broadcasting on the Fourth Channel in Wales ;

(b)other references to the Authority shall be read as references to the Welsh Authority ; and

(c)subsection (3) shall be omitted.

Section 53.

SCHEDULE 7The Broadcasting Complaints Commission : Supplementary Provisions

Tenure of office

1(1)Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, a person shall hold and vacate office as a member or as chairman or deputy chairman of the Commission in accordance with the terms of his appointment.

(2)A person shall not be appointed as a member of the Commission for more than five years at a time.

(3)A person may at any time resign his office as a member or as chairman or deputy chairman.

Remuneration and pensions of members

2(1)The Commission may pay to each member such remuneration and allowances as the Secretary of State may determine.

(2)The Commission may pay or make provision for paying to or in respect of any member such sums by way of pensions, allowances or gratuities as the Secretary of State may determine.

(3)Where a person ceases to be a member otherwise than on the expiry of his term of office and it appears to the Secretary of State that there are special circumstances which make it right for him to receive compensation, the Commission may make to him a payment of such amount as the Secretary of State may determine.

(4)The approval of the Minister for the Civil Service shall be required for any determination under this paragraph.

Staff

3(1)The Commission may appoint such officers and servants as the Commission may determine with the consent of the Secretary of State as to numbers and terms of employment.

(2)The Commission may pay or make provision for paying to or in respect of any of their employees such sums by way of pensions, allowances or gratuities as the Secretary of State may determine.

4The [1969 c. 57.] Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 shall not require insurance to be effected by the Commission.

Proceedings

5(1)Subject to the provisions of Part III of this Act, the arrangements for the proceedings of the Commission (including the quorum for meetings) shall be such as the Commission may determine.

(2)The arrangements may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, provide for the discharge, under the general direction of the Commission, of any of the Commission's functions by a committee or by one or more of the members, officers or servants of the Commission.

6The validity of any proceedings of the Commission shall not be affected by any defect in the appointment of a member or by any vacancy among the members or in the office of chairman.

Financial provisions

7The Secretary of State shall pay to the Commission expenses incurred or to be incurred by the Commission under paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Schedule and, with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service and the Treasury, shall pay to the Commission such sums as the Secretary of State thinks fit for enabling the Commission to meet other expenses.

8(1)It shall be the duty of the Commission—

(a)to keep proper accounts and proper records in relation to the accounts ;

(b)to prepare in respect of each financial year a statement of accounts in such form as the Secretary of State may direct with the approval of the Treasury ; and

(c)to cause the accounts kept and the statement prepared for each financial year to be audited by auditors appointed by the Commission with the approval of the Secretary of State.

(2)A person shall not be qualified to be appointed as an auditor in pursuance of sub-paragraph (1) unless he is a member of one or more of the following bodies—

• the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales;

• the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland ;

• the Association of Certified Accountants ;

• the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland ;

• any other body of accountants established in the United Kingdom and for the time being recognised for the purposes of section 161(l)(a) of the [1948 c. 38.] Companies Act 1948 by the Secretary of State.

Status of Commission

9The Commission shall not be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown or as enjoying any status, privilege or immunity of the Crown; and the Commission's property shall not be regarded as property of or property held on behalf of the Crown.

Section 65(3).

SCHEDULE 8Transitional Provisions and Savings

General

1Any reference in this Act (whether express or implied) to a thing done or falling to be done under a provision of this Act shall, so far as the context permits, be construed as including, in relation to times, circumstances and purposes in relation to which the corresponding provision repealed by this Act had effect, a reference to a thing done or falling to be done under that corresponding provision ; and where that provision was itself a re-enactment of an earlier provision such references shall extend in the same way to that earlier provision, and so on.

Programme contracts

2Nothing in the repeals made by this Act shall affect—

(a)the continued operation of paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 to the [1974 c. 16.] Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1974 with respect to contracts in force immediately before the commencement of that Act; or

(b)the continued operation of paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to the [1980 c. 64.] Broadcasting Act 1980 with respect to contracts in force immediately before the commencement of the provisions of that Act to which that paragraph applies, except that, in the operation of that paragraph in relation to the commencement of any such provision by virtue of whose commencement this Act comes into force under section 66(4), references in that paragraph to the new statutory provisions shall be read as references to this Act (instead of as provided by sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph).

3In its application to contracts for the provision of local sound broadcasts for a period beginning before 1st January 1980, section 19(1)(b) shall have effect as if the reference to the relevant maximum period were a reference to a period of 11 years or the period ending with 31st December 1986, whichever is the shorter.

4In relation to contracts for the provision of teletext transmissions for a period beginning on or before 1st January 1982—

(a)subsections (3) and (4) of section 19 shall not apply ; and

(b)subsection (5) shall have effect as if the words " other than the first" were omitted.

5Nothing in any provision of Part I relating to the Fourth Channel or the Welsh Authority, or in Part II, shall be taken to require the variation of any contract between the Authority and a TV programme contractor made before 13th November 1980 and relating only to a period or periods ending before 1st January 1982.

Expenditure relevant for the purposes of s.35

6For the purposes of section 35 (as it has effect in relation to the additional payments mentioned in either subsection (1)(b) or (2)(b) of section 32), account may be taken of any expenditure which is referable to any period before the commencement of this Act.

Saving of amendments

7Any enactment passed before 12th June 1972, and any statutory instrument having effect by virtue of such an enactment, which had effect immediately before the commencement of this Act with the amendment made by section 38 of the [1973 c. 19.] Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1973 shall continue to have effect with that amendment, that is, with the substitution of the name " Independent Broadcasting Authority " for the name " Independent Television Authority ".

8Part II of Schedule 1 to the [1975 c. 24.] House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 shall continue to have effect with the amendments made by paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to the [1980 c. 64.] Broadcasting Act 1980, and Part II of Schedule 1 to the [1975 c. 25.] Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 shall continue to have effect with the amendment made by the said paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to that Act

Section 65(4).

SCHEDULE 9Repeals