The Welsh Authority (Digital Switchover) Order 2009
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King's Printer of Acts of Parliament
2011-07-04
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
BROADCASTING
This Order amends the Communications Act 2003 to provide that the Welsh Authority will, from the first date scheduled for switchover to a digital service in Wales (12 August 2009), no longer have an obligation to provide the analogue service, S4C. The Welsh Authority will have an obligation to provide S4C Digital in digital form, but will have the ability also to provide the analogue service, S4C. This Order also makes amendments to the Broadcasting Act 1996 and the Broadcasting Act 1990 consequent upon the changes made to the Communications Act 2003.
Amendment of the Broadcasting Act 19963
In section 29 of the Broadcasting Act 19962 (the S4C digital service) omit subsections (1), (3) and (4).