The Cable (Prescribed Diffusion Service) Order 1990
Under the Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 the Cable Authority are charged with a number of duties in relation to “prescribed diffusion services”. These include the duty, under section 4(9), to exercise their licensing powers in the manner they consider best calculated to promote the provision of such services, and the duty, under section 5, to select licensees to provide such services following advertisement and public consultation. By virtue of section 2(3) a “prescribed diffusion service” means a diffusion service of such description as the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Cable Authority, may by order prescribe.