The Broadcasting Act 1981 (c. 68) was an
Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...
. The effect of the Act was to consolidate the previous
Independent Broadcasting Acts 1973, 1974 and 1978 and the
Broadcasting Act 1980
The Broadcasting Act 1980 (1980 c. 64) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It was repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1981, though the provisions of the Act remained in force.
The most significant effect of the Act was to amend the Ind ...
. The Act was repealed by the
Broadcasting Act 1990
The Broadcasting Act 1990 is a law of the British parliament, initiated in part due to a 1989 European Council Directive (89/552), also known as the Television Without Frontiers directive. The aim of the Act was to liberalise and deregulate the B ...
. It was under this Act (and the
BBC Licence and Agreement) that the
Sinn Féin broadcast ban from 1988 to 1994 was originally implemented.
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United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1981
1981 in British television
Media legislation
Censorship of broadcasting in the United Kingdom
History of mass media in the United Kingdom
Broadcasting in the United Kingdom
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