The Advanced Television Services Regulations 2003

Interpretation U.K.

3.  In these Regulations—

“analogue television set” means a television set which can receive and display analogue television signals;

“conditional access service” means a service which is provided over a conditional access system;

“conditional access system” has the meaning given by section 75(3) of the Communications Act 2003;

“digital television set” means a television set with an integrated decoder of digital television signals;

“electronic communications network” has the meaning given by section 32 of the Communications Act 2003;

“electronic communications service” has the meaning given by section 32 of the Communications Act 2003;

“public electronic communications network” has the meaning given by section 151(1) of the Communications Act 2003;

“rent out” in relation to any television set or other equipment means the first supplying of that set or equipment pursuant to the making of a rental agreement, and “offer for rent” and “expose for rent”' shall be construed accordingly;

“sell” includes transfer by means of conditional sale or hire purchase, and “offer for sale” and “expose for sale” shall be construed accordingly;

“television programme” means any programme (with or without sounds) which—

(a)

is produced wholly or partly to be seen on television; and

(b)

consists of moving or still images or of legible text or of any combination of those things; and

“wide-screen television service” means a television service that consists wholly or partially of programmes produced and edited to be displayed with a [F1 width-height ratio] of 16:9.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 3 substituted (17.11.2003) by The Advanced Television Services (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2750), regs. 1, 2