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Rh (5) The Secretary of State may at any time, after consultation with the Authority, by notice in writing require the Authority—

(a) to adopt or use, or refrain from adopting or using, technical measures or processes specified in the notice;

(b) to install, establish, maintain or use any such additional station, stations or apparatus as may be so specified, situated in such places and complying with such requirements as may be so specified;

(c) to broadcast such test or experimental transmissions from such station or stations, and at such times and for such periods, as may be so specified;

and it shall be the duty of the Authority to comply with the notice.

(6) A copy of any notice served on the Authority under subsection (5) shall be laid by the Secretary of State before each House of Parliament.

(7) The powers conferred by this section are in addition to any powers specifically conferred on the Secretary of State by any other provisions of this Act.

(8) In relation to any broadcasting station in Northern Ireland, the reference in subsection (1) to a Minister of the Crown includes a reference to the head of any Northern Ireland department.

Prevention of exclusive arrangements for broadcasting events of national interest

30.—(1) With a view to preventing the making of exclusive arrangements for the broadcasting of sporting or other events of of exclusive national interest, the Secretary of State may make regulations as arrangements to the grant to the Authority and programme contractors, to the BBC and to the Welsh Fourth Channel Authority respectively of events of national broadcasting facilities in respect of such events.

(2) Regulations made under this section shall not apply to the broadcasting of a record of any event specified in the regulations where the transmission is made more than seven days after that event.

(3) Any regulations under this section shall be made by statutory instrument; but no such regulations shall be made unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.

Co-operation of Authority with BBC in the use of broadcasting installations.

31.—(1) The Secretary of State may at any time by notice in writing—

(a) require the Authority to radiate such of their broadcast with the transmissions as may be specified in the notice from broadcasting a mast, tower or other installation belonging to the BBC; or