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(1)Without prejudice to the generality of section 3(3), the television broadcasting services provided by the Authority may, if the Authority think fit, include teletext services.
(2)Without prejudice to the powers conferred on the Authority by section 3(2), teletext transmissions broadcast by the Authority shall be provided not by the Authority but by persons (referred to in this Act as “teletext contractors”) who, under contracts with the Authority, have, in consideration of payments to the Authority and subject to such of the provisions of this Act as apply in relation to such transmissions, the right and the duty to provide material (which may include advertisements) to be included in teletext transmissions broadcast by the Authority.
(3)A teletext contractor may, but need not, be a [F1TV or DBS programme contractor].
(4)For the purposes of this Act teletext transmissions shall not be treated as programmes, subject however to subsection (5) and to any other provisions of this Act expressly requiring them to be so treated for the purpose of particular provisions.
(5)In the provisions mentioned in Schedule 3—
(a)references to programmes or to television programmes shall be read as including references to teletext transmissions; and
(b)references to programme contractors shall be read as including references to teletext contractors;
and in section 3(2), in its application in relation to teletext transmissions or teletext contractors by virtue of this subsection, the reference to section 2(3) shall be read as a reference to subsection (2) of this section.
(6)In this Act “teletext transmission” means a television transmission intended for general reception and consisting of a succession of visual displays (with or without accompanying sound) each capable of being selected and held for separate viewing or other use, and “teletext service” means a service consisting of teletext transmissions.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 (c. 46, SIF 96), s. 57(1), Sch. 5 para. 40(3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 2(2)(a)(b), 3(1)(a)(b)(3)(4)(7), 4, 5, 8, 9, 14(1), 15, 16(1), 42, 61, 62 extended (prosp.) by Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 (c. 46, SIF 96), ss. 44(1), 51(1), 59(4), Sch. 4
C2S. 14(2) extended by Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42, SIF 96), ss. 4(6), 87(6), 129, Sch. 11 Pt. II paras. 2(1), 4
C3S. 14(3) modified by Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42, SIF 96), s. 129, Sch. 11 Pt. II paras. 1(3)(c)(4), 5
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