Part 1: Public service television Programming quotas for public service television Section 13: Quotas: independent productions: commissioning code
Section 285 of the CA 2003 requires that the provider of each licensed public service channel (i.e. channels 3, 4 and 5: section 362) draw up a code of practice that they will apply when commissioning independent productions for that channel (referred to in legislation as a television broadcasting service). These codes of practice must be consistent with guidance issued by OFCOM.
	In light of the amendments made by section 8, subsection (1) of this section extends the scope of those codes to also cover the commissioning of independent productions for other qualifying audiovisual services (see section 12) which the provider wishes to count towards their independent productions quota (see section 277 of the CA 2003 as amended by section 8).
	Subsection (3) amends section 285 of the CA 2003 to mandate OFCOM to secure that the public service broadcaster doing the commissioning provides the person who is being commissioned with information about the application of the code.