Point in time view as at 01/02/1991.
Broadcasting Act 1990, Section 165 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 08 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)Part III of the M1Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (stirring up hatred or arousing fear) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In each of the following provisions, namely—
(a)Article 9(5) (exemption from prohibition applying to use of threatening words etc.), and
(b)Article 11(4) (exemption from prohibition applying to distribution etc. of recordings),
for “broadcast or included in a cable programme service” there shall be substituted “ included in a programme service ”.
(3)In Article 12 (broadcasting or including programme in cable programme service)—
(a)in paragraphs (1), (3)(b), (4)(a) and (5)(a), for “broadcast or included in a cable programme service”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ included in a programme service ”; and
(b)the following provisions shall be omitted—
(i)in paragraph (2)(a), the words “broadcasting or cable”,
(ii)in paragraphs (4)(b) and (5)(b), the words “broadcast or”, wherever occurring,
(iii)paragraph (7) (exemption for programmes broadcast by BBC or Independent Broadcasting Authority), and
(iv)paragraph (8) (application of certain provisions of M2Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984).
(4)In Article 13 (possession of matter intended or likely to stir up hatred or arouse fear)—
(a)in paragraph (1), for “broadcast or included in a cable programme service”, wherever occurring, there shall be substituted “ or included in a programme service ”
(b)in paragraph (2), for “broadcasting or inclusion in a cable programme service” there shall be substituted “ or inclusion in a programme service ” and
(c)paragraph (4) (exemption for material kept by BBC or Independent Broadcasting Authority) shall be omitted.
(5)In Article 17 (interpretation)—
(a)the definitions of “broadcast” and “cable programme service” shall be omitted;
(b)in the definition of “programme”, for “broadcast or included in a cable programme service” there shall be substituted “ included in a programme service ”; and
(c)the following definition shall be inserted after that definition—
“ “programme service” has the same meaning as in the Broadcasting Act 1990;”.
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