# The Foreign Satellite Service Proscription Order 1997, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 177 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 empowers the Secretary of State to make orders proscribing unacceptable foreign satellite services for the purposes of section 178 of that Act. This Order proscribes the foreign satellite service known as Satisfaction Club Television. Section 178 provides that various acts in support of a proscribed service shall be criminal offences.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1150/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-satellite-service-proscription-order-1997/note
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.