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| Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Act 2007 | |
| United Kingdom Parliament | |
| Long title: | An Act to make provision about the disclosure of certain information for purposes connected with digital switchover. The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories The long title (properly the title) is one of the parts together with the Short title, and the operative provisions (sections and Schedules which comprise an |
| Statute book chapter: | 2007 c. 8 |
| Introduced by: | Tessa Jowell Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 16 November 2006 |
| Territorial extent: | England and Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland;[1] Isle of Man[2] |
| Dates | |
| Date of Royal Assent: | 18 June 2007 |
| Commencement: | 18 June 2007 |
| Repeal date: | — |
| Other legislation | |
| Amendments: | — |
| Related legislation: | Television Licences (Disclosure of Information) Act 2000 |
| Repealing legislation: | — |
| Status: Current legislation | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Official text of the statute as amended and in force today within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database | |
| History of passage through parliament | |
The Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Act 2007 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that allows social security information to be passed to the BBC and related parties to help with the digital television switchover in the United Kingdom. Tessa Jowell (born 17 September 1947 in London) is a British Politician. The Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport is a UK cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Culture Media and Sport. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The granting of Royal Assent is the formal method by which a constitutional monarch completes the legislative process of Lawmaking by formally assenting to an The Television Licences (Disclosure of Information Act 2000 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament that allows social security information to be provided by the government The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The UK Statute Law Database is the official web -accessible Database of the Statute law of the United Kingdom, hosted by the Ministry of An Act of Parliament is a Law enacted as Primary legislation by a national or sub-national Parliament. The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories Social security primarily refers to a Social insurance program providing social protection or protection against socially recognized conditions including poverty old Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom is made up of over fifty primarily free-to-air television channels (including all the national analogue stations [3]
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Background
The Digital Switchover Help Scheme was established and funded by the BBC to provide free advice to:[3]
- All households with one person aged 75 or over;
- All households with one person with a severe disability, being in receipt of disability living allowance, attendance allowance or other equivalents under the industrial injuries disablement benefit scheme and pre-2005 war pension schemes; and
- All households where at least one person is registered blind or partially sighted. The Digital Switchover Help Scheme is part of the Digital television switchover process in the United Kingdom. A pension is a steady income given to a person upon Retirement, typically in the form of a guaranteed annuity. Blindness is the condition of lacking Visual perception due to Physiological or Neurological factors Visual impairment or vision impairment is Vision loss that constitutes a significant limitation of visual capability resulting from Disease,
The intention of the Act was to help people receive assistance from the Scheme without having to go through a claims process. The UK switchover started in October 2007 in the town of Whitehaven and the Act came too late to adequately prepare the town. For the neighbourhood in Memphis Tennessee see Whitehaven Memphis. The BBC, through their consultants Capita, had to resort to writing to all the town's residents to invite them to apply under the Scheme. Capita ( is a British company with its headquarters in London which specialises in Business process outsourcing, having clients in central and local The Act was supported by Help the Aged, Age Concern, the National Consumer Council, Royal National Institute for the Blind, Royal National Institute for the Deaf and the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux. Established in 1961, Help the Aged is a United Kingdom based international charity fighting to free disadvantaged older people from poverty isolation Age Concern is the banner title used by a number of charitable organisations ( NGOs specifically concerned with the needs and interests of all older people - those over the age The Royal National Institute of Blind People ( RNIB) is a charity with its headquarters based in London, England, set up by Thomas Rhodes RNID is the largest charity working to change the world for the UK's 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people A Citizens Advice Bureau ( CAB) is one of a network of independent charities throughout the UK that give free confidential information and advice to help people sort out their [3]
Disclosure
Information on disability and age can only be disclosed for:[4]
- Identification of persons who may be eligible for help under the Scheme;
- Making contact with such persons with a view to the provision of such help; and
- Establishment of any person’s entitlement to such help.
Further specification of the information that can be disclosed is given by Statutory Instrument. In Law, a Statutory Instrument is a form of delegated or Secondary legislation. [5]
It is a crime to disclose information received under the Act, other than in summary form. In the sociological field, crime is the breach of a rule or Law for which some governing authority or force may ultimately prescribe a Punishment An offender can be sentenced on summary conviction to up to six months' imprisonment and a fine of up to £5,000. In Law, a sentence forms the final act of a Judge -ruled process and also the symbolic principal act connected to his function A summary offense, also known as a petty crime, is a criminal act in some Common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded with summarily without the right A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of FINE was created in 1998 and is an informal association of the four main Fair Trade networks F Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International The Pound Sterling ( symbol £; ISO code: GBP) subdivided into 100 pence (singular penny) is the Currency If convicted on indictment in the Crown Court and offender can be sentenced to up to two years' imprisonment and an unlimited fine. In many Common law Jurisdictions (eg the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Canada, United States, India, For the TV programme see Crown Court (TV series. The Crown Court of England and Wales is together with the High Court of Justice [6]
If the offence is committed by a body corporate and with the consent or connivance of an officer, director or manager, that person is also guilty of an offence. In English Law (and as a result throughout the Commonwealth Realms) body corporate is the legal term for a Corporation. ManaGeR ( MGR) is a graphical Window system. The MGR server provides a builtin Window manager and windowed graphics Terminal emulation on color [7]
Territorial extent
The Act purports to extend by an Order in Council to the Isle of Man. An Order-in-Council is a type of legislation in Commonwealth Realms. The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin ˈɛlʲən ˈvanɪn or Mann (Mannin) is a self-governing Crown dependency, located in the Irish Sea at the geographical The Isle of Man is a Crown dependency and the power of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to legislate for the dependency is a confused and controversial matter. The Crown Dependencies are possessions of The Crown in Right of the United Kingdom, as opposed to overseas territories or colonies of the United The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories The Crown Dependencies are possessions of The Crown in Right of the United Kingdom, as opposed to overseas territories or colonies of the United
References
- ^ S. 6(2)
- ^ From, 1 January 2008, Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) (Isle of Man) Order 2007, SI 2007/3472
- ^ a b c Digital switchover bill receives royal assent. Department for Culture, Media and Sport (2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-03. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian
- ^ Ss. 1-2
- ^ The Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Act 2007 (Prescription of Information) Order 2007 SI 2007/1768
- ^ S. 3
- ^ S. 4
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