# Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006, Section 79: Broadcasting from prescribed areas of high seas


(1) It is unlawful—
(a) to make a broadcast that is capable of being received in the United Kingdom, or
(b) to make a broadcast that causes interference with any wireless telegraphy in the United Kingdom,
from a ship (other than a British-registered ship) while it is within a prescribed area of the high seas.
(2) If a broadcast is made in contravention of subsection (1), an offence is committed by—
(a) the owner of the ship from which the broadcast is made;
(b) the master of the ship; and
(c) a person who operates, or participates in the operation of, apparatus by means of which the broadcast is made.
(3) A person commits an offence if he procures a broadcast to be made in contravention of subsection (1).
(4) The making of a broadcast does not contravene subsection (1) if it is shown to have been authorised under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.
(5) “Prescribed” means prescribed for the purposes of this section by an order made by the Secretary of State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/36/section/79 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006/section-79
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