<s>
The	O
Marine	B-Application
,	I-Application
&	I-Application
c.	I-Application
,	I-Application
Broadcasting	I-Application
(	O
Offences	O
)	O
Act	O
1967	O
(	O
c	O
.	O
41	O
)	O
,	O
shortened	O
to	O
Marine	B-Application
Broadcasting	I-Application
Offences	I-Application
Act	I-Application
or	O
"	O
Marine	B-Application
offences	I-Application
Act	I-Application
"	O
,	O
became	O
law	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
at	O
midnight	O
on	O
Monday	O
14	O
August	O
1967	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Act	O
meant	O
that	O
the	O
operation	O
of	O
offshore	O
,	O
pirate	B-Application
radio	I-Application
stations	I-Application
became	O
illegal	O
if	O
they	O
were	O
operated	O
or	O
assisted	O
by	O
persons	O
subject	O
to	O
UK	O
law	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
attempt	O
to	O
broadcast	O
offshore	O
to	O
Britain	O
was	O
by	O
CNBC	B-Application
,	O
an	O
English-language	O
station	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
ship	O
as	O
Radio	O
Veronica	O
broadcasting	O
in	O
Dutch	O
to	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CNBC	B-Application
ended	O
transmissions	O
but	O
press	O
reports	O
followed	O
that	O
GBLN	O
,	O
The	O
Voice	O
of	O
Slough	O
,	O
would	O
transmit	O
from	O
a	O
ship	O
with	O
sponsored	O
programming	O
already	O
booked	O
and	O
advertised	O
by	O
Herbert	O
W	O
.	O
Armstrong	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opponents	O
referred	O
to	O
"	O
pirate	B-Application
radio	I-Application
stations	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reginald	B-Architecture
Calvert	I-Architecture
,	O
operator	O
of	O
Radio	O
City	O
,	O
had	O
refused	O
to	O
pay	O
Radio	O
Caroline	O
's	O
operator	O
Oliver	O
Smedley	O
for	O
a	O
substandard	O
transmitter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
incident	O
strengthened	O
the	O
position	O
of	O
the	O
Labour	O
government	O
of	O
Harold	O
Wilson	O
,	O
who	O
wanted	O
to	O
bring	O
the	O
pirate	B-Application
stations	I-Application
under	O
control	O
,	O
enough	O
to	O
see	O
the	O
passage	O
of	O
the	O
Marine	B-Application
Broadcasting	I-Application
Offences	I-Application
Act	I-Application
on	O
15	O
August	O
1967	O
.	O
</s>
