Broadcasting Act 1980

The Broadcasting Act 1980 (1980 c. 64) was an

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in the

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. It was repealed by the

Broadcasting Act 1981 The Broadcasting Act 1981 (c. 68) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The effect of the Act was to consolidate the previous Independent Broadcasting Acts 1973, 1974 and 1978 and the Broadcasting Act 1980. The Act was repealed by ...

, though the provisions of the Act remained in force. The most significant effect of the Act was to amend the Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1973, giving the

Independent Broadcasting Authority The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) was the regulatory body in the United Kingdom for commercial television (ITV and Channel 4 and limited satellite television regulation – cable television was the responsibility of the Cable Authorit ...

the power to provide a second television station. This began the process which would lead to the creation of

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...

in 1982. It also made provision for the broadcasting of television programmes in Wales, and established the Broadcasting Complaints Commission. It also allowed the

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to take over control of the

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