{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advanced-television-services-regulations-1996/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advanced-television-services-regulations-1996/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3151",
  "legislation_title": "The Advanced Television Services Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advanced-television-services-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Requirements for descramblers",
  "text": "(1) No person shall in the United Kingdom sell or rent out, or otherwise make available, or offer or expose for sale or rent or otherwise making available any consumer equipment to which this regulation applies unless that equipment possesses the capability–\n(a) to allow the descrambling of digital television signals according to the common European scrambling algorithm as administered by a recognised European standardisation body; and\n(b) to display signals that have been transmitted in clear provided that, in the event that such equipment is rented, the rentee is in compliance with the relevant rental agreement.\n(2) This regulation applies to all consumer equipment capable of descrambling digital television signals which is sold, rented or otherwise made available or is offered for sale or rent or otherwise making available except equipment which was first on the market in the Community before 23rd August 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3151/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:29:33.714712+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}