Paragraph 2

For section 43 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 (satellite television services) there is substituted—

“Satellite television services.

43

(1)

In this Part “satellite television service” means a service which—

(a)

consists in the transmission for general reception of television programmes by satellite; and

(b)

is provided by a person who for the purposes of Council Directive 89/552/EEC is under the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom.

(2)

For the purposes of this Act any satellite television service which is composed by, and transmitted for, a BBC company, a Channel 4 company or an S4C company shall be regarded as provided by that company and not by the relevant broadcasting body (even if the relevant broadcasting body is in a position to determine what is to be included in the service).

(3)

In this section “relevant broadcasting body” means—

(a)

in relation to a BBC company, the BBC,

(b)

in relation to a Channel 4 company, the Channel Four Television Corporation, and

(c)

in relation to an S4C company, the Welsh Authority.”