Advice given in sound, television or cable programmes5

For paragraph 25A of Schedule 1 to the Act6 there shall be substituted—

Advice given in sound, television or cable programmes25A

1

Paragraph 15 above does not apply in respect of any advice given in any programme or teletext transmission—

a

broadcast, or made for broadcasting, by the British Broadcasting Corporation or by the Independent Broadcasting Authority in accordance with the provisions of the Broadcasting Act 19817; or

b

included, or made for inclusion, in a cable programme service which is, or does not require to be, licensed under the Cable and Broadcasting Act 19848; or

c

broadcast, or made for broadcasting, by the Independent Broadcasting Authority in a DBS service.

2

In this paragraph—

a

DBS service” has the same meaning as in section 37(3) of the Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984;

b

“programme”, in relation to a television or sound broadcasting service or a cable programme service, includes an advertisement and any other item included in that service; and

c

“teletext transmission” has the same meaning as in section 14(6) of the Broadcasting Act 1981 and includes any such transmission broadcast in a DBS service or in a service which is an additional teletext service within the meaning of section 47(2) of the Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984.