Section 29 — Sustainability duty of C4C
Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
This version in force from 2024-08-23
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .
(1) The Broadcasting Act 1990 is amended as follows.
(2) After section 23 insert— Sustainability duty of Corporation 23A (1) The Corporation must carry on their activities in the way that they have reasonable grounds to consider would be most likely to enable the Corporation, over the long term— (a) to maintain or increase the amount of activity that is done in pursuance of their primary functions, and (b) to be securely in a position to meet costs incurred in the carrying out of their primary functions. (2) In this section, “primary functions” has the same meaning as in section 199(1) of the Communications Act 2003.
(3) In Schedule 3 (the Channel Four Television Corporation: supplementary provisions), in paragraph 13 (annual reports), after sub-paragraph (1) insert— (1A) The report must include a report on the discharge by the Corporation of their duty under section 23A (sustainability duty of Corporation).