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181 Certain apparatus to be deemed to be apparatus for wireless telegraphy.U.K.
(1)Any apparatus which—
(a)is connected to the telecommunication system by means of which a relevant cable service is provided, and
(b)is so connected for the purpose of enabling any person to receive any programmes included in that service by means of the reception and immediate re-transmission of programmes included in a television broadcasting service,
shall be deemed for the purposes of the 1949 Act to be apparatus for wireless telegraphy.
(2)Any such apparatus shall, in addition, be deemed for the purposes of—
(a)section 1(7) of the 1949 Act (as amended by Part I of Schedule 18 to this Act), and
(b)any regulations made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of that provision under section 2 of that Act,
to be television receiving apparatus.
(3)In this section “relevant cable service” means a service provided by any person to the extent that it consists in the use of a telecommunication system (whether run by him or by any other person) for the purpose of the delivery, otherwise than by wireless telegraphy, of programmes included in one or more television broadcasting services, where such programmes are so delivered—
(a)for simultaneous reception at two or more places in the United Kingdom, or
(b)for reception at any place in the United Kingdom for the purpose of being presented there either to members of the public or to any group of persons.
(4)In this section—
“the 1949 Act” means the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949;
“connected” has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1984;
“television broadcasting service” means a television broadcasting service within the meaning of Part I of this Act, whether provided by the holder of a licence under that Part or by the BBC or the Welsh Authority or in accordance with Part II of Schedule 11 to this Act.
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