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Provide
for the Secretary of State to draw up a plan to prohibit piped
music |
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and the showing of television
programmes in the public areas of hospitals and |
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on public transport; and to
require the wearing of headphones by persons |
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listening to music in the
public areas of hospitals and on public transport. |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled, and
by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Piped
music and showing of television programmes plan |
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(1) |
The Secretary of State shall,
within two years of the coming into force of this |
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Act, draw up a plan setting
out the measures he will take to— |
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prohibit piped music and
the showing of television programmes in the |
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public areas of hospitals; |
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(b) |
prohibit piped music and
the showing of television programmes on all |
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public transport journeys
less than fifty miles; |
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require the wearing of headphones
by persons listening to music in the |
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public areas of hospitals; |
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require the wearing of headphones
by persons listening to music on all |
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public transport journeys
over fifty miles, |
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In preparing the plan the
Secretary of State shall consult— |
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such organisations as appear
to him to represent— |
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the interests of business; |
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the interests of users
of, and workers in, hospitals; |
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the interests of users
of, and workers on, public transport; and |
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such other persons as he thinks
fit. |
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The Secretary of State shall— |
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as soon as is practicable
after completion of the plan, lay the plan before |
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each House of Parliament;
and |
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consider
any matters arising from any debate that takes place in either
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House of Parliament on the
plan. |
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The plan under section 1
shall provide exceptions for— |
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television programmes shown
for the purpose of safeguarding the |
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welfare of users of hospitals
or travellers on public transport; |
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such other showings of television
programmes in the public areas of |
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hospitals and on public transport
as the Secretary of State considers to |
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be in the public interest. |
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“piped music”
means pre-recorded background music played through |
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“public areas of
hospitals” means the areas of hospitals to which the |
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public or a section of the
public have access, but does not include in- |
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“public transport”
means every type of vehicle open to the public, |
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including aircraft flying
between airports both of which are situated in |
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(1) |
This Act may be cited as
the Piped Music and Showing of Television |
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(2) |
This Act extends to Northern
Ireland. |
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