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 (659 KB - Last revised March 2001).

• Engineering Code

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

• Ownership guidelines

Adobe PDF file (293 KB - Last revised January 2002).
- Licence Transfer form

Adobe PDF file (116 KB - April 2003).
- New Guidelines for Religious Ownership

NEW!!
Word 97 (22 kB - September 2003)

Guidance
• Guidelines for Religious Ownership

NEW!!
Word 97 (22 kB - September 2003)

• Conflict guidance

Word 97 (33 kB - March 2003).

• Guidance Notes on de facto Control

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

• Notes of Guidance: The Radio-specific Public Interest Test

NEW!!
Adobe PDF file (55 KB - Last revised January 2003).

• Notes of Guidance: Cross-media Ownership

NEW!!
Adobe PDF file (63 KB - Last revised January 2003).
• Notes of Guidance for local digital multiplex applicants

Contains guidelines and financial templates for the digital application form
Word 97 (340 kB - /November 2002January 2003).
• Notes of guidance for new analogue local licence applicants

Word 97 (124 kB - November 2002).
• Notes of guidance for re-advertised analogue local licence applicants

Word 97 (152 kB - November 2002).
• Short term RSL notes of guidance

Word 97 (195 kB - October 2002).

• Long term RSL notes of guidance

Adobe PDF file (44 KB - Jan 03).
• 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).
• Coverage: Planning Policy, Definitions and Assessment
Contains guidelines on coverage policy for local analogue licensees

Word 97 (140 kB).

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

Revised: September 26, 2003 .