§ '(1) It shall be the duty of the Commission to secure that Channel 3 licence holders operate a network arrangement for the commissioning and scheduling of sufficient programmes from a regional Channel 3 service to be included simultaneously in each of the Channel 3 services.
§ (2) A Channel 3 licence may include any conditions that the Commission consider appropriate to carry out their duty under subsection (1) above.
§ (3) The Commission may at any time prior to or after the granting of licences to provide a regional Channel 3 service impose a network arrangement on the Channel 3 licence holders if they deem it necessary to do so.
§ (4) A network arrangement made by the Channel 3 licence holders or imposed by the Commission shall not be enforced unless the number of hours of programmes commissioned and scheduled from each Channel 3 service are in proportion to the audience of that service and potentially cover all types of programmes.
§ (5) A Channel 3 licence holder may appeal to the Commission if the licence holder believes that the operation of a network arrangement does not meet the conditions imposed by subsection (4) above; and the Commission shall do everything it can to secure that the conditions are met.'.—[Mr. Maclennan.]
§ Brought up, and read the First time.
§ Mr. Robert Maclennan (Caithness and Sutherland)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
§ Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Harold Walker)With this we may take the following: