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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/broadcasting-act-1990-independent-radio-services-exception-order-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/300",
  "legislation_title": "The Broadcasting Act 1990 (Independent Radio Services Exception) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/broadcasting-act-1990-independent-radio-services-exception-order-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nSection 97(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42) provides that it is an offence for a person to provide any relevant regulated radio service (as defined by section 97(1A) of that Act) without being authorised to do so by or under a licence under Part 3 of that Act or Part 2 of the Broadcasting Act 1996 (c. 55). This Order specifies a description of services to which section 97(1) does not apply.\nThis Order also revokes the Broadcasting Act 1990 (Independent Radio Services: Exceptions) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/2536) and the Broadcasting Act 1990 (Independent Radio Services Exceptions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/272).\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary sector or community bodies is foreseen. Instead a de minimis assessment has been prepared as this instrument is likely to entail some costs for businesses, but the net impact is estimated to be below £10 million per year. A copy of the assessment is published on legislation.gov.uk with this instrument or can be obtained from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport at 100 Parliament Street, London, SW1A 2BQ. An Explanatory Memorandum is also available alongside the instrument on legislation.gov.uk.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/300/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:04:06.264252+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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