Commentary on provisions of Act Section 54: Gaelic Media Service
The Gaelic Media Service (operating under the name of MG Alba) has the remit under the Broadcasting Act 1990 ("the 1990 Act") to secure that a wide and diverse range of high quality programmes in Gaelic are broadcast in Scotland. The 1990 Act provides for the Gaelic Media Service's governance and functions. Section 183A of the 1990 Act provides that the members of the Gaelic Media Service (including the chair) are to be appointed by Ofcom and that the approval of the Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers is required for such appointments. When appointing the members Ofcom must have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State with the agreement of the Scottish Ministers.
	Subsection (1) of this section amends section 183A of the 1990 Act to provide the appointments are only subject to the approval of the Scottish Ministers (and no longer the Secretary of State) and that the appointment guidance may be issued by the Scottish Ministers (and no longer the Secretary of State). Subsection (2) of this section repeals subsections (4) to (6) of section 17 of the Scotland Act 2012, which added references to the Scottish Ministers into section 183A of the 1990 Act.