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  "id": "uksi/1991/1246",
  "title": "The Cable (Excepted Programmes) Order 1991",
  "long_title": "Under section 13(1) of the Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 (as ithas effect, with modifications, under paragraph 4(1) of Part III ofSchedule 12 to the Broadcasting Act 1990) the Independent TelevisionCommission (“the Commission”) are required to do all that they can to secure that every licenseddiffusion service provided by any person in any area includes, by thereception and immediate re-transmission of the broadcasts, theprogrammes included in each television broadcasting service provided bya broadcasting authority for reception in that area, subject to suchexceptions as the Secretary of State may specify. This Order, whichrevokes the previous Order under section 13(1), sets out thoseexceptions.",
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