{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006/section-86",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006/section-86.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/36",
  "legislation_title": "Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006",
  "path": "section/86",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "86",
  "heading": "Facilitation offences: territorial scope",
  "text": "(1) A person who does an act mentioned in section 82, 83, 84 or 85 does not commit an offence under that section unless condition A, B, C, D or E is satisfied.\n(2) Condition A is satisfied if he does the act in the United Kingdom or external waters.\n(3) Condition B is satisfied if he does the act in a British-registered ship or British-registered aircraft while it is not in or over the United Kingdom or external waters.\n(4) Condition C is satisfied if, in a case where—\n(a) neither condition A nor condition B is satisfied, but\n(b) the broadcasts in question are made, or are to be made, from a structure or other object (which is not a ship or aircraft) in waters in a designated area,\nhe does the act on that structure or other object within those waters.\n(5) Condition D is satisfied if, in a case where—\n(a) neither condition A nor condition B is satisfied, but\n(b) the broadcasts in question are made, or are to be made, from a ship in contravention of section 79(1),\nhe does the act in that ship within an area of the high seas that is prescribed for the purposes of section 79.\n(6) Condition E is satisfied if—\n(a) he is a British person; and\n(b) he does the act on or over the high seas.",
  "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/86",
    "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."
}