Telecommunications Act 1984
c. 12
(7) No proceedings shall be instituted in England and Wales
or Northern Ireland in respect of an offence under this section
except by or on behalf of the Secretary of State or the Director.
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PART
II
6.-(1) Section 5(1) above is not contravened by the running Exceptions to
by a broadcasting authority of a telecommunication system section 5.
in the case of which every conveyance made by it is either(a) a transmission, by wireless telegraphy, from a transmitting station for general reception of sounds, visual
images or such signals as are mentioned in paragraph
(c) of section 4(1) above ; or
(b) a conveyance within a single set of premises of sounds,
visual images or such signals which are to be or have
been so transmitted.
by-
(2) Section 5(1) above is not contravened
(a) the running of a telecommunication system
in the case
of which the only agency involved in the conveyance
of things thereby conveyed is light and the things thereby conveyed are so conveyed as to be capable of being
received or perceived by the eye and without more ;
(b) the running by a person of a telecommunication system
which is not connected to another telecommunication
system and in the case of which all the apparatus comprised therein is situated either(i) on a single set of premises in single occupation ;
or
(ii) in a vehicle, vessel, aircraft or hovercraft or in
two or more vehicles, vessels, aircraft or hovercraft
mechanically coupled together ; or
(c) the running by a single individual of a telecommunication system which is not connected to another telecommunication system and in the case of which(i) all the apparatus comprised therein is under
his control ; and
(ii) everything conveyed by it that falls within paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 4(1) above is conveyed
solely for domestic purposes of his ;
and references in paragraphs (b) and (c) above to another telecommunication system do not include references to such a
system as is mentioned in subsection (1) above (whether run by a
broadcasting authority or by any other person).
(3) In the case of a business carried on by a person, section
5(1) above is not contravened by the running, for the purposes