Section 76 — Who is a paying audience for a television broadcast or cable programme

(1)A person (X) is a “paying audience” in relation to a television broadcast or cable programme if —

(a)subject to subsection (2), X pays to be admitted to —

(i)a place where the broadcast or programme is to be seen or heard; or

(ii)a place that contains the place where the broadcast or programme is to be seen or heard; or

(b)X is admitted to a place where the broadcast or programme is to be seen or heard, in circumstances where the place supplies goods or services at prices that —

(i)exceed the usual prices charged at that place; and

(ii)are partly attributable to the facilities for seeing or hearing the broadcast or programme.

(2)Subsection (1)(a) does not apply if —

(a)X is admitted to the place in question because X is a resident or an inmate; or

(b)X is admitted to the place in question as a member of a club or society, where —

(i)payment is only for membership of the club or society; and

(ii)the provision of facilities for seeing or hearing television broadcasts or cable programmes is only incidental to the main purposes of the club or society.