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SCHEDULE 10 Minor and consequential amendments

Part II Other amendments of Broadcasting Act 1990

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1

Section 84 of the 1990 Act (regulation by Radio Authority of independent radio services) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (3), after “shall”, where first occurring, there is inserted “ subject to subsection (3A) ”.

3

After that subsection there is inserted—

3A

For the purposes of this Part, any satellite service which is composed by, and transmitted for, a BBC company, a Channel 4 company or an S4C company—

a

shall be regarded as provided by that company and not by the relevant broadcasting body (even if the relevant broadcasting body is in a position to determine what is to be included in the service), and

b

shall be regarded as provided from a place in the United Kingdom.

3B

In subsection (3A) “relevant broadcasting body” means—

a

in relation to a BBC company, the BBC,

b

in relation to a Channel 4 company, the Channel Four Television Corporation, and

c

in relation to an S4C company, the Welsh Authority.