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This Code came into force and applies to programmes broadcast on or after 25 July 2005, including a repeat of a programme first broadcast before that date. (Rule 10.17 comes into force on 1 July 2005). A programme transmitted before 25 July 2005 will be regulated under the relevant legacy code available under the Legacy Codes section of the website.

• Foreword
• Legislative Background to the Code
• How to Use the Code
• Section 1 - Protecting the Under-Eighteens
  Protecting the under eighteens
• Section 2 - Harm and Offence
  Harm and offence
• Section 3 - Crime
  Crime
• Section 4 - Religion
  Religion
• Section 5 - Due Impartiality and Due Accuracy and Undue Prominence of Views and Opinions
  Due Impartiality and Due Accuracy and Undue Prominence of Views and Opinions
• Section 6 - Elections and Referendums
  Elections and Referendums
• Section 7 - Fairness
  Fairness
• Section 8 - Privacy
  Privacy
• Section 9 - Sponsorship
  Sponsorship
• Section 10 - Commercial References and Other Matters
  Commercial References and other matters
• Appendix 1- Extracts from the Communications Act 2003
  Relevant legislation from the Communications Act 2003 and the Broadcasting Act 1990
• Appendix 2 - Extracts from the Television Without Frontiers Directive (89/552/EEC), as amended by (97/36/EC)
  Extracts from TWF
• Appendix 3 - European Convention on Human Rights
  European Convention on Human Rights
• Appendix 4 - Financial Promotions and Investment Recommendations
  Financial Promotions and Investment Recommendations

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