Regulation 3 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “analogue television set” means a television set which can receive and display analogue television signals;

• “conditional access service” means a service which is provided over a conditional access system;

• “conditional access system” has the meaning given by section 75(3) of the Communications Act 2003;

• “digital television set” means a television set with an integrated decoder of digital television signals;

• “electronic communications network” has the meaning given by section 32 of the Communications Act 2003;

• “electronic communications service” has the meaning given by section 32 of the Communications Act 2003;

• “public electronic communications network” has the meaning given by section 151(1) of the Communications Act 2003;

• “rent out” in relation to any television set or other equipment means the first supplying of that set or equipment pursuant to the making of a rental agreement, and “offer for rent” and “expose for rent”' shall be construed accordingly;

• “sell” includes transfer by means of conditional sale or hire purchase, and “offer for sale” and “expose for sale” shall be construed accordingly;

• “television programme” means any programme (with or without sounds) which—

  1. (a)

     is produced wholly or partly to be seen on television; and

  2. (b)

     consists of moving or still images or of legible text or of any combination of those things; and

• “wide-screen television service” means a television service that consists wholly or partially of programmes produced and edited to be displayed with a F1width-height ratio of 16:9.