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Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act, 1979

In short

This law amends previous Broadcasting Authority Acts, primarily by increasing the financial limit on repayable advances to the Broadcasting Authority and allowing for the establishment of local broadcasting services. It also sets rules for Authority employees who seek election to the Oireachtas.

What it regulates

  • The financial limits on repayable advances to the Broadcasting Authority.
  • The types of broadcasting services the Authority can establish and maintain.
  • The employment status and remuneration of Authority officers or servants nominated for election to the Oireachtas.
  • The eligibility of Oireachtas members to become officers or servants of the Authority.

Who it concerns

  • The Broadcasting Authority.
  • Officers or servants of the Broadcasting Authority.

Key points

  • The aggregate limit on repayable advances to the Broadcasting Authority is increased to twenty-five million pounds.
  • The Broadcasting Authority can now establish and maintain local broadcasting services in addition to national television and sound broadcasting.
  • An officer or servant of the Authority nominated for election to either House of the Oireachtas must be seconded from employment and will not receive remuneration or allowance from the Authority during that period.
  • A person entitled to sit in either House of the Oireachtas is disqualified from becoming an officer or servant of the Authority.
Legal text
Legal text

Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act, 1979 Skip to content Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Gaeilge Léim go dtí an t-ábhar Séanadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach English Gaeilge English Produced by the Office of the Attorney General Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne Home Legislation Acts of the Oireachtas Statutory Instruments Pre-1922 Legislation Constitution External Resources Bills (Houses of the Oireachtas) Iris Oifigiúil / Official Gazette Revised Acts (LRC) Classified List of Legislation (LRC) Translations (acts.

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  3. s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile ActsAchtanna 1979 Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act, 1979 Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act, 1979 Permanent Page URL View by SectionAmharc de réir Ailt View Full ActAmharc ar an Acht Iomlán Bill History Stair Bille Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act Tosach Feidhme, Leasuithe, IRí arna ndéanamh faoin Acht Print Full ActPriontáil an tAcht Iomlán Number 36 of 1979 BROADCASTING AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1979 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Principal Act. 2. Increase of limit on repayable advances. 3. Local broadcasting. 4. Nomination of officer or servant of Authority for membership of or election to either House of Oireachtas. 5. Short title, construction and collective citation. Number 36 of 1979 BROADCASTING AUTHORITY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1979 AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY ACTS, 1960 TO 1976. [19th December, 1979] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: Principal Act. 1.—In this Act “the Principal Act” means the Broadcasting Authority Act, 1960 . Increase of limit on repayable advances. 2.—The following paragraph is hereby substituted for paragraph (
  4. b)(inserted by the Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act, 1976 ) of section 23

(2)of the Principal Act: “(b) shall not exceed twenty-five million pounds in the aggregate,”. Local broadcasting. 3.—Subsection
(1)of section 16 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by— (
  1. a)the insertion after “sound broadcasting service” of “and may establish and maintain local broadcasting services”, and (
  2. b)the substitution of “those purposes” for “that purpose”, and the said subsection, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section. TABLE
(1)The Authority shall establish and maintain a national television and sound broadcasting service and may establish and maintain local broadcasting services and shall have all such powers as are necessary for or incidental to those purposes. Nomination of officer or servant of Authority for membership of or election to either House of Oireachtas. 4.—
(1)Where a person who is an officer or servant of the Authority is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann or for election to either House of the Oireachtas, he shall stand seconded from employment by the Authority and shall not be paid by, or be entitled to receive from, the Authority any remuneration or allowance— (
  1. a)in case he is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann, in respect of the period commencing on his acceptance of the nomination and ending when he ceases to be a member of that House, (
  2. b)in case he is nominated for election to either House, in respect of the period commencing on his acceptance of the nomination and ending when he ceases to be a member of that House or fails to be elected or withdraws his candidature, as the case may be.
(2)A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein shall, while so entitled, be disqualified from becoming an officer or servant of the Authority. Short title, construction and collective citation. 5.—
(1)This Act may be cited as the Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act, 1979.
(2)The Broadcasting Authority Acts, 1960 to 1976, and this Act shall be construed together as one Act and may be cited together as the Broadcasting Authority Acts, 1960 to 1979. Acts Referred to Broadcasting Authority Act, 1960 1960, No. 10 Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act, 1976 1976, No. 37 Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais

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