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Broadcasting Act 1981

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As published

30 Prevention of exclusive arrangements for broadcasting events of national interest.

(1) With a view to preventing the making of exclusive arrangements for the broadcasting of sporting or other events of national interest, the Secretary of State may make regulations as to the grant to the Authority and programme contractors, to the BBC and to the Welsh Fourth Channel Authority respectively of broadcasting facilities in respect of such events. (2) Regulations made under this section shall not apply to the broadcasting of a record of any event specified in the regulations where the transmission is made more than seven days after that event. (3) Any regulations under this section shall be made by statutory instrument; but no such regulations shall be made unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.

Your change, as a redline

30 Prevention of exclusive arrangements for broadcasting events of national interest.

(1) With a view to preventing the making of exclusive arrangements for the broadcasting of sporting or other events of national interest, the Secretary of State may make regulations as to the grant to the Authority and programme contractors, to the BBC and to the Welsh Fourth Channel Authority respectively of broadcasting facilities in respect of such events. (2) Regulations made under this section shall not apply to the broadcasting of a record of any event specified in the regulations where the transmission is made more than seven days after that event. (3) Any regulations under this section shall be made by statutory instrument; but no such regulations shall be made unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.

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Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

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