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 The act was repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1990. It was under this act (and the BBC Licence and Agreement) that the Sinn Féin broadcast ban from 1988 to 1994 was originally implemented.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 65(4) of the act repealed 7 enactments, listed in schedule 9 to the act.
+Enactments repealed by section 65(4)CitationShort titleExtent of repeal1973 c. 19Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1973The whole act.1973 c. 65Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973In Part II of Schedule 27, paragraph 207.1974 c. 16Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1974The whole act.1975 c. 71Employment Protection Act 1975In Part IV of Schedule 16, paragraph 15.1978 c. 43Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1978The whole act.1980 c. 64Broadcasting Act 1980The whole act.1981 c. 38British Telecommunications Act 1981In Schedule 3, paragraph 56.
Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 203(3) of, and schedule 21 to, the Broadcasting Act 1990, which came into force on 1 January 1991.
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