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Section 207: S4C finances

Communications Act 2003 · 2003 c. 21View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 3: Television and Radio Services ETC — Chapter 1: The BBC, C4C , S4C and the Gaelic media service

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The power of S4C to do anything that appears to them to be conducive or incidental to the carrying out of their functions includes power, subject to subsection (4), to borrow money.

S4C are not to borrow money except with the approval of the Secretary of State.

The consent of the Treasury is to be required for the giving of an approval for the purposes of subsection (4).

S4C are to be liable to pay OFCOM such sums in respect of the carrying out by OFCOM of their functions in relation to S4C as may be—

agreed from time to time between S4C and OFCOM; or
(in default of agreement) fixed by the Secretary of State.

In section 61(4) of the 1990 Act (power of Secretary of State to increase amount of grant to the Welsh Authority), for "transmitting S4C and the service referred to in section 57(1A)(a), by order" there shall be substituted—

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