{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/television-broadcasting-regulations-1998/schedule/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3196",
  "legislation_title": "The Television Broadcasting Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/television-broadcasting-regulations-1998",
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  "number": "2",
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  "text": "For section 43 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 (satellite television services) there is substituted—\n“Satellite television services.\n43 (1) In this Part “satellite television service” means a service which—\n(a) consists in the transmission for general reception of television programmes by satellite; and\n(b) is provided by a person who for the purposes of Council Directive 89/552/EEC is under the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom.\n(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).\n(3) In this section “relevant broadcasting body” means—\n(a) in relation to a BBC company, the BBC,\n(b) in relation to a Channel 4 company, the Channel Four Television Corporation, and\n(c) in relation to an S4C company, the Welsh Authority.”",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3196/schedule/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:20.131108+00:00"
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  "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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