The Foreign Satellite Service Proscription Order 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 1024

BROADCASTING

The Foreign Satellite Service Proscription Order 1993

Made

6th April 1993

Laid before Parliament

7th April 1993

Coming into force

1st May 1993

Whereas the Secretary of State has received notification from the Independent Television Commission in accordance with section 177(2) of the Broadcasting Act 1990(1) that the quality of the foreign satellite service known as Red Hot Television is unacceptable and should be subject to an order under section 177 of that Act:

And whereas the Secretary of State, having received such notification, is satisfied that the making of such an order is in the public interest and compatible with any international obligations of the United Kingdom:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 177 of the Broadcasting Act 1990, hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Foreign Satellite Service Proscription Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st May 1993.

2.  The foreign satellite service which at the date of the making of this Order is known as Red Hot Television and which was formerly known as Red Hot Dutch is hereby proscribed for the purposes of section 178 of the Broadcasting Act 1990.

Peter Brooke

Secretary of State for National Heritage

6th April 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 177 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 empowers the Secretary of State to make orders proscribing unacceptable foreign satellite services for the purposes of section 178 of that Act. This Order proscribes the foreign satellite service known as Red Hot Television. Section 178 provides that various acts in support of a proscribed service shall be criminal offences.

(1)

1990 c. 42.