The Satellite Television Service Regulations 1997
These Regulations under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 give effect in the United Kingdom to Article 2(1) and (2) and Article 3(2) of Council Directive 89/552/EEC of 3 October 1989 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (“the Broadcasting Directive”). The European Court of Justice found, in a judgment dated 10 September 1996, that the United Kingdom had failed to fulfil its obligations under those Articles by misinterpreting the basis on which satellite broadcasters fell within UK jurisdiction, by applying different regimes to domestic satellite services and non-domestic satellite services and by exercising control over broadcasts transmitted by broadcasters falling within the jurisdiction of other Member States.