Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 220
BROADCASTING
The Foreign Satellite Service Proscription Order 2005
Made
7th February 2005
Laid before Parliament
7th February 2005
Coming into force
21st February 2005
Whereas the Secretary of State has been notified by the Office of Communications in accordance with subsection (2) of section 177 of the Broadcasting Act 1990( 1 ) of details of the foreign satellite service known as “Extasi TV” (or “Exstasi TV”) together with their reasons why they consider that an order should be made under that section proscribing that service:
And whereas the Secretary of State, having been so notified, is satisfied that the making of such an order is in the public interest and is compatible with the international obligations of the United Kingdom:
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 177 of the Broadcasting Act 1990, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Foreign Satellite Service Proscription Order 2005 and shall come into force on 21st February 2005.
Proscription of service known as “Extasi TV”
2. The foreign satellite service which at the date of the making of this Order is known as “Extasi TV” (or “Exstasi TV”) is hereby proscribed for the purposes of section 178 of the Broadcasting Act 1990.
Andrew McIntosh
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
7th February 2005
1990 c. 42 . In section 177, subsections (2) and (3) were amended by paragraph 61 of Schedule 15 to the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) . Subsection (6) of that section was substituted by paragraph 13 of the Schedule to S.I. 1997/1682 ; amended by paragraph 5 of the Schedule to S.I. 1998/3196 ; and repealed in part by paragraph 61 of Schedule 15, and Schedule 19, to the Communications Act 2003.