Section 44(10A)

For the purposes of subsection (10)— “news-related material” means— news or information about current affairs; or opinion about matters relating to the news or current affairs; news-related material contained in a publication is subject to editorial control if the publisher of the publication has editorial or equivalent responsibility for— the content of the material (which may include commissioning it); how the material is presented; and the decision to first publish the material; a publication is not to be treated as consisting of, or including, news-related material if the news-related material contained in the publication— is included only incidentally to the main content of the publication; or relates wholly to a particular pastime, hobby, trade, business, industry or profession; “publication” means a publication which is— and references to “publish” or a “publisher” are to be construed accordingly; online; or in hard copy, a reference to a publication being published on any periodic basis includes, in relation to an online publication, a reference to it being updated on any periodic or other recurring basis; a publication is connected with the United Kingdom if— the majority of its readership is in the United Kingdom; the majority of editorial decisions about the publication are taken in the United Kingdom; or the registered or principal office of the publisher of the publication is in the United Kingdom.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04