No. 3
Electronic and Postal Communications
2010
77
(2) Notwithstanding the provision of sub-section (1), a
content service licensee shall not transmit a counter version where (a) the person or organization concerned has no direct
interest in the transmission of the counter-version; or
(b) the counter-version is not of reasonable length, and in
particular, if it is substantially longer than the part of
the broadcast which dealt with the false assertion of
fact;
(3) The counter-version referred to in subsection (1) shall(a) be limited to a factual account;
(b) not contain any material which may reasonably be
anticipated to expose the content service licensee to
legal action if such material were to be broadcasted;
(c) be made in writing;
(d) specify the programme and the assertions to which
objection is raised; and
(e) be signed by the person affected or, in the case of an
organization, by the Chief Executive Officer.
(4) No person or body of persons affected shall be entitled
to insist on the transmission of a counter-version as contemplated in
sub-section (1) where the counter-version is presented to the content
service licensee after the expiry of a period of thirty days from the
date of broadcast of the false assertion of fact.
(5) The Content Service Licensee shall, subject to the
provisions of sub-sections (2) and (4)(a) at the first opportunity, but not later than ten days
from receipt of a counter-version referred to in
subsection (1), broadcast the counter-version within
the same programme or programme section as the one
in which the false assertion was made and at the same
time of day or, not be possible, at time equal in value
to that of the programme objected to;
(b) broadcast the counter-version without any omissions
and interruptions; and