{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006/section-80",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006/section-80.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/36",
  "legislation_title": "Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006",
  "path": "section/80",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "80",
  "heading": "Acts connected with broadcasting",
  "text": "(1) A British person commits an offence if he operates, or participates in the operation of, apparatus by means of which a broadcast is made—\n(a) from a ship (other than a British-registered ship) while it is on the high seas;\n(b) from an aircraft (other than a British-registered aircraft) while it is on or over the high seas;\n(c) from a structure (other than a ship) that is affixed to, or supported by, the bed of the high seas; or\n(d) from an object on the high seas (other than a structure falling within paragraph (c), a ship or an aircraft).\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply—\n(a) by virtue of paragraph (a), to a broadcast made in contravention of section 79(1);\n(b) by virtue of paragraph (c) or (d), to a broadcast made from a structure or other object in waters in a designated area.\n(3) A person commits an offence if he procures a broadcast to be made as mentioned in subsection (1).",
  "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/80",
    "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."
}