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shortly to outline next steps.

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Dear David

 

We just wanted to check if the purpose of your two Official Information
requests received today is to confirm whether the BSA has sought to
enforce Broadcasting Act requirements around annual levy returns and
publicity notices with respect to online broadcasters.

 

If so, we can confirm that our accepting the current complaint is in line
with a BSA policy published in 2020. This said that we would not be
extending levy or publicity notice requirements to providers of online
content at that time. But if we received a relevant complaint and there’s
no other applicable standards body or regulator, and if the complaint
raises issues of public interest or a risk of harm, we may accept the
complaint and engage with the parties using our established processes.

 

Having now received the first complaint referral about an online
broadcaster that meets the requirements of the Act, that’s what we’ve
done. However, consistent with our published approach, we have at no stage
sought to extend levy or publicity notice requirements to providers of
online content.

 

If the above gives you the information you need and you would like to
withdraw the relevant OIA requests relating to other broadcasters, please
let us know. Otherwise, our legal team will process these requests in the
normal way and respond to you as soon as possible.

 

Regards

Pete

 

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If your matter needs attention before then please refer your email to
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