26. In section 335 (conditions securing compliance with international obligations), after subsection (2) insert—
“(2A) The reference in subsection (2) to the international obligations of the United Kingdom includes a reference to Articles 16(1) and (2), 17 and 18 of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, together with the interpretative provisions in Article 1 of that Directive so far as relevant to those Articles.
(2B) The provisions of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive mentioned in subsection (2A) are to be read for the purposes of this section as if—
(b)in Articles 16(1) and (2) and 17, references to the Member States were references to the United Kingdom, and
(b)in Article 16(2), the second subparagraph were omitted.”.