Codes and guidlines

Codes

• News and Current Affairs Code and Programme Code

Adobe PDF file (331 KB).
• Commercial Radio's Election Guidelines

(replacing Section 93 of the Representation of the People Act in the News and Current Affairs Code - see News and Current Affairs code, above)
Adobe PDF file (7.7 KB - Last revised February 2001).
• Advertising and Sponsorship Code

Adobe PDF file (679 KB - Last revised March 2001).
• Engineering Code

Adobe PDF file (45 KB - Last revised December 2000).

Guidance

• Guidance Notes on de facto Control

Adobe PDF file (26.41 KB - Last revised June 2001)
• Ownership guidelines

Adobe PDF file (293 KB - Last revised January 2002).
• Notes of Guidance: The Radio-specific Public Interest Test

Adobe PDF file (55 KB - Last revised January 2002).
• Notes of Guidance: The Cross-media Public Interest Test

Adobe PDF file (63 KB - Last revised February 1998).
• Notes of Guidance for local digital multiplex applicants

Contains guidelines and financial templates for the digital application form
Word 97 (329 kB - April 2001).
• Notes of guidance for new analogue local licence applicants

Word 97 (127 kB - October 2000).
• Notes of guidance for re-advertised analogue local licence applicants

Word 97 (144 kB - October 2000).
• Short term RSL notes of guidance

Word 97 (159 kB - August 2001).
• Long term RSL notes of guidance

Word 97 (65 kB - January 1999).
• How to apply for satellite or cable licence - notes of guidance
Word 97 (27 kB).
• DSPS and DAS licence applicants - notes of guidance
Word 97 (34.5 kB).

		See also:
		• Fact Sheets • Latest news • News release archive • What we regulate and how it works

Revised: January 29, 2002 .