Broadcasting Act 2009

165

Broadcasters’ duties with respect to Member State events.

165.— Where another Member State has designated an event as being of major importance to society in that Member State and the European Commission has communicated the measures taken by that Member State in accordance with F313[Article 14(2) of the Directive], no broadcaster under the jurisdiction of the State who acquires exclusive rights to the designated event shall exercise the exclusive rights in such a way that a substantial portion of the public in that Member State is deprived of the possibility of following the events in accordance with the measures taken.

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Amendments:

F313

Substituted (15.03.2023) by Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (41/2022), s. 57, S.I. No. 71 of 2023.