SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 20 Minor and Consequential Amendments

Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)

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F1In section 8 (restrictions on reports of committal proceedings)—

a

in subsection (1), for “broadcast or include in a cable programme” substitute “ include in a relevant programme for reception ”;

b

in subsections (2B), (4), (5) and (8), for “broadcast or included in a cable programme”, in each place where those words occur, substitute “ or included in a relevant programme ”;

c

in subsection (3), for “broadcast or include in a cable programme”, in each place where those words occur, substitute “ or include in a relevant programme ”;

d

in subsection (5), for paragraphs (c) and (d) substitute—

c

in the case of the inclusion of a report in a relevant programme, any body corporate which provides the service in which the programme is included and any person having functions in relation to the programme corresponding to those of an editor of a newspaper,

e

in subsection (10), omit the definitions of “broadcast” and “cable programme” and after the definition of “publish” insert—

“relevant programme” means a programme included in a programme service (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Act 1990).

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