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(6) In the application of this Schedule in relation to the additional payments mentioned in section 32(2)(b)—
(a) sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph shall have effect as if there were inserted after sub-paragraph (2)(a)—
"(aa) the commencement of section 26 of the Broadcasting Act, 1980[1], or "; and
(b) nothing in this paragraph shall create an accounting period falling before the commencement of the said section 26.
6.If the programme contractor is not a body corporate the contractor's accounting periods shall be such as the Authority may direct, or as may be provided in the contract.
Information
7.—(1) Every contract shall impose on the contractor such requirements with respect to the furnishing of information to the Authority as appear to the Authority, after consultation with the Secretary of State, to be requisite—
(a) for enabling the Authority to perform their functions under the provisions of the principal sections and this Schedule, and
(b) for enabling the Authority to furnish to the Secretary of State such information as he may require for the purpose of determining whether, and in what manner, to exercise his powers of making orders under the said provisions.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Authority to furnish to the Secretary of State such information (whether obtained from contractors or otherwise) as is in their possession and is required by the Secretary of State for the purpose of determining whether, and in what manner, to exercise his powers of making orders under the said provisions.
8. It shall be the duty of the Authority in framing any contract to include terms ensuring that the Authority will have the right to inspect all accounts and records—
(a) of the programme contractor, and
(b) of any subsidiary of the programme contractor,
for the purpose of discharging their functions under the principal sections and this Schedule.
Interpretation
9. In this Schedule, and in the principal sections, except where the context otherwise requires—
- " accounting period" shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 5;
- "additional payments " and " contract—
- ↑ 1980 c. 64
