The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2020

2.  In the Broadcasting Act 1990(1)—

(a) for section 42A (restricted services)(2) substitute—

“42A    Restricted services

In this Part “restricted service” means a service (or a dissociable section of a service) which consists in the broadcasting of television programmes for a particular establishment or other defined location, or a particular event, in the United Kingdom.”;

(b) in section 202(1) (general interpretation)(3), for the definition of “the Audiovisual Media Services Directive” substitute—

““the Audiovisual Media Services Directive” means Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services(4);”.

(1)

1990 c. 42.

(2)

Section 42A was inserted by section 85 of the Broadcasting Act 1996 (c. 55) and amended by section 406(7) of, and Schedule 19 to, the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21).

(3)

The definition of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive was inserted by S.I. 2010/1883; there are other amendments but none is relevant.

(4)

OJ No. L 95, 15.4.2010, p. 1; amended by Directive (EU) 2018/1808 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 (OJ No. L 303, 28.11.2018, p. 69).