Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42)

F1 Part I U.K. Independent Television Services

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt I (ss.1-71) applied (1.10.1996) by 1988 c. 48, s.72, as replaced 1996 c. 55, s. 138, Sch. 9 para. 1; S.I. 1996/2120, art. 4, Sch. 1

Chapter III U.K. Satellite Television Services

[F2 43 Satellite television services. U.K.

(1) In this Part “satellite television service” means a service which—

(a) consists in the transmission for general reception of television programmes by satellite; and

(b) is provided by a person who for the purposes of Council Directive 89/552/EEC is under the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom.

(2) 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).

(3) In this section “relevant broadcasting body” means—

(a) in relation to a BBC company, the BBC,

(b) in relation to a Channel 4 company, the Channel Four Television Corporation, and

(c) in relation to an S4C company, the Welsh Authority.]

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 43 substituted (30.12.1998) by S.I. 1998/3196, reg. 2, Sch. para. 2