(b) informed, before the interview takes place, to determine whether the interview
is to be recorded or broadcast live.
(2) A licensee shall exercise sensitivity in conducting interviews with bereaved
persons, survivors of traumatic incidents or witnesses thereof.
27. Commentaries.
A licensee shall ensure that any commentaries that are broadcast by a licensee,
whether as comments are made by the licensee or by any person invited by a
licensee, are presented in a manner that clearly indicates that they are based on
facts which are clearly stated.
28. Sexual offences.
A licensee shall—
(a) not disclose, in a broadcast, the identity of a victim of a sexual offence unless
such victim consents in writing to the disclosure of his or her identity.
(b) Avoid the use of unnecessary or repetitive detail when broadcasting the
circumstances of a sexual offence.
29. Consent to broadcast.
A licensee shall not broadcast any information acquired from a person without that
person's consent, unless the information so acquired is essential to establish the
credibility and authority of a source, or where the information is clearly in the
public interest.
30. Programme sponsorship.
A licensee—
(a) shall not accept sponsorship of news broadcasts;
(b) shall not accept sponsorship of weather broadcasts, financial broadcasts or
traffic reports:
Provided that the licensee shall retain ultimate editorial control of the sponsored
programme;
(c) shall ensure that sponsorship of an informative programme does not
compromise the accuracy and impartiality of the programme's contents;