SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 15Amendments of Broadcasting Acts
Part 1Amendments of the 1990 Act
Disqualification of persons convicted of transmission offences
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1
Section 89 of the 1990 Act (offences giving rise to disqualification) shall be amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1), for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted—
a
an offence under section 1(1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (“the 1949 Act”) consisting in the establishment or use of a station for wireless telegraphy, or the installation or use of wireless telegraphy apparatus, for the purpose of making a broadcast (within the meaning of section 9 of the Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967);
aa
an offence under section 1A of the 1949 Act (keeping wireless telegraphy station or apparatus available for unauthorised use) where the relevant contravention of section 1 would constitute an offence falling within paragraph (a);
ab
an offence under section 1B or 1C of the 1949 Act (unlawful broadcasting offences);
3
In subsection (3), for the words from “concerned” onwards there shall be substituted
concerned in—
a
the provision of the licensed service or the making of programmes included in it; or
b
the operation of a station for wireless telegraphy used for broadcasting the service.
4
This paragraph does not impose a disqualification in respect of any offence committed before the commencement of this paragraph.