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The Media Act 2024 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2025

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2025 No. 1049 (C. 50)

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The Media Act 2024 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2025

Made25th September 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by subsections (3)(a) and (c), and (4) of section 55 of the Media Act 20241.

1 Citation and interpretation

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Media Act 2024 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2025.
2 In these Regulations, “the 2024 Act” means the Media Act 2024.

2 Provisions of the 2024 Act coming into force on 1st October 2025

The following provisions of the 2024 Act come into force on 1st October 2025—
a subsections (8) and (9) of section 8 (quotas: independent productions), so far as not already in force;
b section 30 (C4C’s duties in relation to commissioning programmes), so far as not already in force.

3 Provisions of the 2024 Act coming into force on 1st January 2026

The following provisions of the 2024 Act come into force on 1st January 2026—
a section 1 (reports on the fulfilment of the public service remit), so far as not already in force;
b section 2 (OFCOM reports: wider review and reporting obligations);
c section 3 (public service remits of licensed providers), so far as not already in force;
d section 4 (statements of programme policy), so far as not already in force;
e section 5 (changes of programme policy), so far as not already in force;
f section 6 (enforcement of public service remits);
g section 7 (power to amend public service remit for television in the United Kingdom);
h section 8 (quotas: independent productions), so far as not already in force;
i section 9 (quotas: original productions), so far as not already in force;
j section 10 (power to create additional quotas for qualifying audiovisual content);
k section 11 (quotas: meaning of “qualifying audiovisual content” etc), so far as not already in force;
l section 12 (quotas: further provision about their fulfilment), so far as not already in force;
m section 13 (quotas: independent productions: commissioning code), so far as not already in force;
n section 14 (regional programme-making: Channels 3, 4 and 5), so far as not already in force;
o section 15 (networking arrangements for Channel 3), so far as not already in force;
p section 17 (quotas: the BBC and S4C), so far as not already in force;
q section 19 (amount of financial penalties: qualifying revenue), so far as not already in force;
r section 32 (S4C’s powers and public service remit);
s Schedule 1 (quotas: the BBC and S4C), so far as not already in force;
t paragraph 23 of Schedule 2 (part 1: further amendments), so far as not already in force;
u paragraphs 25, 26, 32(2), 36(2), 58, 59, 60(2) and 61(b) and (c) of Schedule 2;
v Schedule 4 (Chapter 2 of Part 3: minor and consequential amendments), so far as not already in force, and except2—
i sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 23; and
ii paragraphs 53 and 54.

Footnotes

  1. 1
    2024 c. 15.
  2. 2
    Regulation 4 of S.I. 2024/858 (C. 55) provides that certain provisions of Schedule 4 come into force on the date that certain provisions of the Communication Act 2003 (c. 21) come into force.
  3. 3
    Regulation 4 of S.I. 2024/858 (C. 55) provides that certain provisions of Schedule 2 come into force on the date that certain provisions of the Communication Act 2003 come into force.
  4. 4
    Regulation 4 of S.I. 2024/858 (C. 55) provides that certain provisions of Schedule 4 come into force on the date that certain provisions of the Communication Act 2003 come into force.