Law and Compliance for Broadcasting
National Occupational Standards (Standards) provide a clear, up to date description of what an individual needs to be able do in order to perform a job successfully. The Standards have been developed over a number of years by both people who work in the industry and experts from each occupational area through a process of investigation, analysis and consultation with a wide range of people.
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Helena Brewer from Red Bee Media found her job was made vastly easier when she discovered Skillset's Law and Compliance for Broadcasting Standards. Read how Helena uses the Standards.
You may wish to download the entire suite of Standards, but it is also possible to download individual units
Download the entire suite of Standards:
National Occupational Standards: Law and Compliance for Broadcasting
Download individual units:
LC1 comply with the law in broadcasting
LC2 work effectively within the regulatory framework for broadcasting
LC3 maintain audience trust in broadcasting
LC4 comply with the law on defamation
LC5 comply with the law on contempt and other restrictions on reporting legal proceedings
LC6 comply with the law on privacy, confidence & data protection
LC7 comply with the law on copyright & other intellectual property rights
LC8 comply with broadcast regulation to protect the under-eighteens
LC9 comply with broadcast regulation on avoidance of harm & offence
LC10 comply with broadcast regulation on the coverage of crime
LC11 comply with broadcast regulation of religious programmes
LC12 comply with broadcast regulation on due impartiality and due accuracy
LC13 comply with broadcast regulation on the coverage of elections and referendums
LC14 comply with broadcast regulation on fairness
LC15 comply with broadcast regulation on privacy
LC16 comply with broadcast regulation on sponsorship
LC17 comply with broadcast regulation on commercial references and related matters
LC18 comply with telephony codes in broadcasting
LC19 comply with laws & codes on competitions & voting in broadcasting
LC20 comply with advertising codes in broadcasting
LC21 comply with broadcasting organisations' values & codes of ethical conduct
LC22 comply with broadcasters' compliance procedures
LC23 comply with broadcasters' complaints and accountability procedures
For further details please contact standards@skillset.org or 020 7713 9800.
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