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3. For section 43 (domestic and non-domestic satellite services) there is substituted—
(1) In this Part “satellite television service” means a service which consists in the transmission for general reception of television programmes by satellite and which—
(a)is provided by a person who is established in the United Kingdom, or
(b)is provided, in circumstances falling within subsection (2), by a person who is not established in any EEA State.
(2) A service is provided in circumstances falling within this subsection if—
(a)it is provided by means of—
(i)an allocated frequency, or
(ii)satellite capacity granted by the United Kingdom, or
(b)it is transmitted from a place in the United Kingdom.
(3) For the purposes of this Act a service consisting in the transmission of television programmes by satellite shall, subject to subsection (4), be regarded as provided by the person who is in a position to determine what is to be included in the service.
(4) For the purposes of this Act any satellite television service which is composed by, and transmitted for, a BBC company, a Channel 4 company or an S4C company 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).
(5) In this section—
“allocated frequency” means a frequency allocated to the United Kingdom for broadcasting by satellite;
“relevant broadcasting body” means—
in relation to a BBC company, the BBC,
in relation to a Channel 4 company, the Channel Four Television Corporation, and
in relation to an S4C company, the Welsh Authority.”
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