Broadcasting Act 1994 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Broadcasting Services
13. Compliance with Codes of Practice, etc.
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A broadcasting licensee must not allow to be transmitted a broadcasting service other than in accordance with —
broadcasting service
“broadcasting service” means a service whereby signs or signals transmitted (whether or not encrypted) comprise —(a)any programme capable of being received, or received and displayed, as visual images, whether moving or still;(b)any sound programme for reception; or(c)any programme, being a combination of both visual image (whether moving or still) and sound for reception or reception and display,by persons having equipment appropriate for receiving or receiving and displaying (as the case may be) that service, irrespective of the means of delivery of that service;
any broadcast standards specified in any regulations or Code of Practice; or
any condition which may be incorporated in its broadcasting licence.