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(1)Where—
(a)a foreign service to which this section applies comes to OFCOM’s attention, and
(b)they consider that the service is unacceptable and should be the subject of an order under this section,
they must send a notification to the Secretary of State giving details of the service and their reasons for considering that an order should be made.
(2)A service is not to be considered unacceptable by OFCOM unless they are satisfied that—
(a)programmes containing objectionable matter are included in the service; and
(b)that the inclusion of objectionable matter in programmes so included is occurring repeatedly.
(3)Matter is objectionable for the purposes of subsection (2) only if—
(a)it offends against taste or decency;
(b)it is likely to encourage or to incite the commission of crime;
(c)it is likely to lead to disorder; or
(d)it is likely to be offensive to public feeling.
(4)Where the Secretary of State has received a notification under this section in the case of a service, he may make an order—
(a)identifying the service in such manner as he thinks fit; and
(b)proscribing it.
(5)The Secretary of State is not to make an order proscribing a service unless he is satisfied that the making of the order is—
(a)in the public interest; and
(b)compatible with the international obligations of the United Kingdom.
(6)The television and sound services to which this section applies are—
(a)television licensable content services provided otherwise than by broadcasting from a satellite;
(b)digital television programme services;
(c)digital additional television services;
(d)radio licensable sound services provided otherwise than by being broadcast from a satellite;
(e)digital sound programme services; and
(f)digital additional sound services.
(7)A service to which this section applies is a foreign service if it—
(a)is a service capable of being received in the United Kingdom for the provision of which no Broadcasting Act licence is either in force or required to be in force; but
(b)is also a service for the provision of which such a licence would be required—
(i)in the case of a service falling within subsection (6)(a) to (c), if the person providing it were [F1within the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom for the purposes of the European Convention on Transfrontier Television]; and
(ii)in any other case, if the person providing it provided it from a place in the United Kingdom or were a person whose principal place of business is in the United Kingdom.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 329(7)(b)(i) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Broadcasting (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/224), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 25 (with reg. 6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1536, regs. 2, 5(2)(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Commencement Information
I1S. 329 in force at 29.12.2003 by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)
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