Peter Bennett-Jones insisted the investments were made based on legal guidelines which state they must yield the best possible financial return.
Therefore it does not breach the BBC's editorial guidelines (which states that the word is, "potentially extremely offensive") or the regulator Ofcom's code.
Banyard said that by age-restricting some titles, Tesco was breaching its own guidelines, which state it will not stock adult magazines.
The government said the show contravened the new guidelines, which state that "No television drama shall show abnormal sexual relationships and behaviours, such as incest, same-sex relationships, sexual perversion, sexual assault, sexual abuse, sexual violence, and so on".
Residents complained that local councils required them to get permits before uprooting native plants, even trees overhanging their houses, despite fire guidelines which state that all houses in fire-prone areas need large cleared areas around them.
Record labels and artists are particularly peeved about the act's "safe harbor" guidelines, which state that YouTube can't be held liable for the copyright infringement of its users – fans who upload videos using unlicensed music.
The charity initially defended its strategy, with Peter BennetheJones, the co-founder of Comic Relief who stepped down as chair of trustees last year, insisting that investments were made on legal guidelines which state they must yield the best possible financial return.
According to Facebook, the post violated their Ad Guidelines, which state: "Ads are not allowed to promote the sale or use of adult products or services, including toys, videos, publications, live shows or sexual enhancement products".
Dr. Fung's sentiments are similar to UNOS guidelines, which state that an H.I.V.-positive, asymptomatic patient "should not necessarily be excluded from candidacy for organ transplantation, but should be advised that he or she may be at increased risk of morbidity and mortality because of immunosuppressive therapy".
From the moment in March when it was adopted, most legal experts said that the law would not survive because it posed a direct challenge to Supreme Court guidelines, which state that a woman has a right to an abortion until the fetus is viable outside the womb.
