The Broadcasting (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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19.—(1) Section 75 (conditional access systems and access to digital services) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2), in paragraph (b)—

(a)omit “from time to time”;

(b)at the end insert “, as it had effect immediately before exit day”.

(3) After that subsection insert—

(2A) For the purposes of subsection (2)(b), Part 1 of Annex 1 to the Access Directive is to be read as if—

(a)the reference to viewers and listeners in the Community was a reference to viewers and listeners in the United Kingdom,

(b)the reference to Member States was a reference to OFCOM,

(c)the words “in accordance with Article 6” were omitted,

(d)in point (a), the reference to the market in the Community was a reference to the market in the United Kingdom, and

(e)in point (b), the references to Community competition law were references to any provision relating to competition that is contained in or made under an enactment..