Broadcasting Act 1981

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| short_title = Broadcasting Act 1981

| type = Act

| parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom

| long_title = An Act to consolidate the Independent Broadcasting Authority Acts 1973, 1974 and 1978 and the Broadcasting Act 1980.

| year = 1981

| citation = 1981 c. 68

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| royal_assent = 30 October 1981

| commencement = 1 January 1982

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| replaces = {{ubli|Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1973|Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1974|Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1978|Broadcasting Act 1980}}

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| status = partially_repealed

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| original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/68/contents/enacted

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/68/pdfs/ukpga_19810068_en.pdf|title=PDF file from Legislation.gov.uk|accessdate=12 October 2010}} The Act was repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1990.{{cite web|url=http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archive/itc/itc_publications/itc_notes/view_note59.html|title=Ofcom ITC note|accessdate=12 October 2010}} It was under this Act (and the BBC Licence and Agreement) that the Sinn Féin broadcast ban from 1988 to 1994 was originally implemented.{{cite book|title=Glasgow Media Group Reader: Industry, Economy, War and Politics|page=48|volume=2|publisher=Psychology Press|first1=John Eric Thomas|last1=Eldridge|first2=Greg|last2=Philo|year=1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vo4FQX4B-msC&pg=PA48}}{{cite news|title=The 'broadcast ban' on Sinn Féin|publisher=BBC News|first=Francis|last=Welch|date=5 April 2005|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4409447.stm}}

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