{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978/section-102C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978/section-102C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/23",
  "legislation_title": "Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978",
  "path": "section/102C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "102C",
  "heading": "Offences of recording or transmitting participation through live link",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for a person to make—\n(a) an unauthorised recording, or\n(b) an unauthorised transmission,\nof an image or sound which is being transmitted through a live video link or transmitted through a live audio link.\n(2) It is an offence for a person (“P”) to make—\n(a) an unauthorised recording, or\n(b) an unauthorised transmission,\nof an image of, or sound made by, any person (whether P or another person) while that person is participating in court or tribunal proceedings through a live video link or live audio link.\n(3) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) or (2) to prove that, at the time of the recording or transmission, the person did not know, and could not reasonably have known, that the image or sound concerned—\n(a) was being transmitted through a live video link or through a live audio link (in the case of an offence under subsection (1)), or\n(b) was an image of, or sound made by, a person while that person was participating in court or tribunal proceedings through a live video link or live audio link (in the case of an offence under subsection (2)).\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(5) For the purposes of this section it does not matter whether a person making a recording or transmission intends the recording or transmission, or anything comprised in it, to be seen or heard by any other person.\n(6) For the purposes of this section, a recording or transmission is “unauthorised” unless it is—\n(a) authorised (generally or specifically) by the court or tribunal in which the proceedings are conducted, or\n(b) authorised (generally or specifically) by the Department.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 9A inserted (temp. until 24.3.2027) (N.I.) (25.3.2020) by virtue of Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 87(1), Sch. 27 para. 8 (with ss. 88-90) (which affecting provision expires by virtue of Coronavirus Act 2020 (c. 7), s. 89 (with s. 90), but is continued by: S.R. 2022/24, arts. 1, 3; S.R. 2022/227, art. 2; S.R. 2023/46, art. 2; S.R. 2023/138, art. 2; S.R. 2024/72, art. 2; S.R. 2024/173, art. 2; S.R. 2025/61, art. 2; S.R. 2025/151, art. 2; S.R. 2026/55, art. 2; and S.R. 2026/161, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/23/section/102C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:23:00.123548+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."
}