Part 5Prohibition of broadcasting from sea or air
Prohibitions
80Acts connected with broadcasting
(1)
A British person commits an offence if he operates, or participates in the operation of, apparatus by means of which a broadcast is made—
(a)
from a ship (other than a British-registered ship) while it is on the high seas;
(b)
from an aircraft (other than a British-registered aircraft) while it is on or over the high seas;
(c)
from a structure (other than a ship) that is affixed to, or supported by, the bed of the high seas; or
(d)
from an object on the high seas (other than a structure falling within paragraph (c), a ship or an aircraft).
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply—
(a)
by virtue of paragraph (a), to a broadcast made in contravention of section 79(1);
(b)
by virtue of paragraph (c) or (d), to a broadcast made from a structure or other object in waters in a designated area.
(3)
A person commits an offence if he procures a broadcast to be made as mentioned in subsection (1).