1

This Order may be cited as the Foreign Satellite Service Proscription Order 1998 and shall come into force on 20th August 1998.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
Specified date

Specified date: 20 August 1998: see above.

2

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.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
Specified date

Specified date: 20 August 1998: see art 1.

Signature

Chris Smith

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

30th July 1998

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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.

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