REQUIREMENTS AS TO STANDARDS AND PRACTICE AS TO ADVERTSISEMENTS, METHODS OF ADVERTISING AND DIRECTIONS ON PUBLIC

REQUIREMENTS AS TO STANDARDS AND PRACTICE AS TO ADVER-

TISEMENTS, METHODS OF ADVERTISING AND DIRECTIONS ON

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS ON THE BROADCASTING MEDIA

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 350.31

REQUIREMENTS AS TO STANDARDS AND

PRACTICE AS TO ADVERTSISEMENTS, METHODS

OF ADVERTISING AND DIRECTIONS ON PUBLIC

COLLECTIONS ON THE BROADCASTING MEDIA

12th December, 2008

GOVERNMENT NOTICE 1105 of 2008.

The title of these requirements is the Requirements as to

St a n d a r d s a n d P r a c t i c e a s t o A d v e r t i s e m e n t s , M e t h o d s o f

Advertising and Directions on Public Collections on the

Broadcasting Media.

Background

1.1 These Requirements as to Standards and Practice as to

Advertisements, Methods of Advertising and Directions have been

made by the Broadcasting Authority in virtue of the powers

conferred by articles 19(3) and (5) and 20(3) of the Broadcasting

Act.

1.2 Programmes and advertisements, dealing with or referring

to public collections that are within the scope of these

Requirements shall comply with all relevant Maltese legislation

namely the Public Collections Act and the Voluntary Organisations

Act.

Indication of the Permit number

2.1 All advertisements and notices dealing with or referring to

a public collection shall contain wording whereby the permit

number and the ate of issue of such permit by the Commissioner of

Police is read out on radio services and displayed on screen on

television service, as the case may be. In the case of a television

service a crawl has to be displayed during the advertisement

containing the above-mentioned information.

2.2 Should a voluntary organisation be exempt from the

provisions of the Public Collections Act in terms of a Certificate

issued by the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisation, the

certificate number and date of issue shall be read out on radio

services and displayed on screen on television services, as the case

may be. In the case of a television service a crawl has to be

displayed during the advertisement containing the above mentioned

information.

2.3 In the case of a television programme in which mention is

made of a public collection and such programme is one which is

entirely devoted to a public collection a crawl providing the

information mentioned in paragraphs 2.1 and 2.2 above should

appear on the television screen at the beginning of the programme.

In the case of a radio programme the information mentioned in

REQUIREMENTS AS TO STANDARDS AND PRACTICE AS TO ADVER-

TISEMENTS, METHODS OF ADVERTISING AND DIRECTIONS ON

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS ON THE BROADCASTING MEDIA

paragraphs 2.1 and 2.2 above should be read out at the beginning of

the programme.

2.4 In the case of a television programme in which mention is

made of a public collection and such programme is one which is

not entirely devoted to a public collection but which during such

programme a reference is made to such collection, the information

mentioned in paragraphs 2.1 and 2.2 above should appear on the

te lev isio n scre en duri ng th at part of t he prog ram m e whe re

reference is made to the public collection. In the case of a radio

programme the information mentioned in paragraphs 2.1 and 2.2

above should be read out at the beginning of the programme.

Regulation of Crawls

3.1 Crawls mentioned in the preceding paragraphs of these

Requirements shall be regulated by the Requirements as to

Standards and Applicable to Crawls and Captions in Television

Programmes.