Legislation – The Media Act 2024 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2025

These Regulations bring into force provisions of Parts 1 and 3 of the Media Act 2024 (c. 15) (“the Act”). This is the third set of commencement regulations made under the Act.

Sub-paragraph (a) of Regulation 2 brings into force subsections (8) and (9) of section 8 of the Act, which relate to the Secretary of State’s power to make provision concerning independent productions quotas. Sub-paragraph (b) brings into force section 30 of the Act, which updates the commissioning duties of Channel 4.

Sub-paragraphs (a) to (q) of Regulation 3 bring into force provisions in Part 1 of the Act that update the regulatory framework for the public service broadcasters (the BBC, S4C, and Channels 3, 4 and 5), so far as they were not already brought into force by the Media Act 2024 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/858).

Sub-paragraph (r) of Regulation 3 brings into force section 32 of the Act, which makes provision to update the powers and public service remit of S4C (the Welsh public service broadcaster) in line with the framework described above.

Sub-paragraphs (s) to (v) of Regulation 3 bring into force Schedule 2 to the Act (in part), and the remaining parts of Schedules 1 and 4. This gives effect to the provisions in Parts 1 and 3 of the Act to which they relate.

An impact assessment has not been published for these Regulations, as they have no impact on the cost to business, the public or voluntary sectors independent of the provisions these Regulations bring into force. A full impact assessment has been published in relation to the Act and copies can be obtained from the UK Parliament website at https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3505/publications or from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport at 100 Parliament Street, London, SW1A 2BQ, United Kingdom.