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(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.
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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.
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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 except—
(i) sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 23; and
(ii) paragraphs 53 and 54.
Ian Murray
Minister of State
25th September 2025Department for Culture, Media and Sport
