LegalizeThe Foreign Satellite Service Proscription Order 1998
Made: 30th July 1998
Laid before Parliament: 30th July 1998
Coming into force: 20th August 1998
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 177 of the Broadcasting Act 1990, hereby makes the following Order:
1
This Order may be cited as the Foreign Satellite Service Proscription Order 1998 and shall come into force on 20th August 1998.
2
The foreign satellite service which at the date of making this Order is known as Eurotica Rendez-Vous (and also as Eurotica) is hereby proscribed for the purposes of section 178 of the Broadcasting Act 1990.
Signed
Chris Smith — Secretary of State forCulture, Media and Sport — 30th July 1998.
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 177 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 empowers the Secretary of State to make orders proscribing unacceptable foreign satellite services for the purposes of section 178 of that Act. This Order proscribes the foreign satellite service known as Eurotica Rendez-Vous (and also as Eurotica). Section 178 provides that various acts in support of a proscribed service shall be criminal offences.
Footnotes
1990 c. 42; section 177 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 is amended by paragraph 13 of the Schedule to the Satellite Television Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1682).
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