PART 3Definitions for the purposes of the Communications Act 2003 and the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967
Meaning of “television receiver”9
F31
Subject to paragraph (2), in Part 4 of the Act (licensing of TV reception), “television receiver” means any apparatus installed or used for the purpose of receiving (whether by means of wireless telegraphy or otherwise)—
a
any television programme service, or
b
an on-demand programme service which is provided by the BBC,
whether or not the apparatus is installed or used for any other purpose.
F12
But a digital set top box is not a television receiver for the purposes of that Part if it is installed in such a way that it can be used only to cause the production of sound through a device whose functions are limited to the production, or the production and recording, of sound.
F23
In this regulation, any reference to receiving a television programme service includes a reference to receiving by any means any programme included in that service, where that programme is received at the same time (or virtually the same time) as it is received by members of the public by virtue of its being broadcast or distributed as part of that service.