{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006/section-77",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006/section-77.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/36",
  "legislation_title": "Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006",
  "path": "section/77",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "77",
  "heading": "Broadcasting from ships and aircraft",
  "text": "(1) It is unlawful—\n(a) in the case of any ship or aircraft, to make a broadcast from it while it is in or over the United Kingdom or external waters; or\n(b) in the case of a British-registered ship or British-registered aircraft, to make a broadcast from it while it is not in or over the United Kingdom or external waters.\n(2) If a broadcast is made from a ship in contravention of subsection (1), an offence is committed by—\n(a) the owner of the ship;\n(b) the master of the ship; and\n(c) a person who operates, or participates in the operation of, the apparatus by means of which the broadcast is made.\n(3) If a broadcast is made from an aircraft in contravention of subsection (1), an offence is committed by—\n(a) the operator of the aircraft;\n(b) the commander of the aircraft; and\n(c) a person who operates, or participates in the operation of, the apparatus by means of which the broadcast is made.\n(4) A person commits an offence if he procures a broadcast to be made in contravention of subsection (1).\n(5) In this section—\n“master”, in relation to a ship, includes any other person (except a pilot) who has command or charge of the ship;\n“operator”, in relation to an aircraft, means the person who at the relevant time has the management of the aircraft.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/36/section/77",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:06.331080+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."
}