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Regulation 2 Interpretation

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(1)

In these Regulations—

  • “the 2003 Act” means the Communications Act 2003;

  • “accessibility text” mean subtitles and captions intended to make an item accessible to people with disabilities;

  • “audio item” means an item—

    1. (a)

      created for the purpose of being listened to, and

    2. (b)

      consisting wholly of sound;

  • “audio service” means a service distributing an audio item by means of the internet which—

    1. (a)

      is not a service connected to regulated radio services, within the meaning of regulation 5, and

    2. (b)

      does not contain any visual content except for—

      1. (i)

        accessibility text associated with an audio item, or

      2. (ii)

        limited visual images which relate to the provision of the audio service or to audio items available on the audio service;

  • “the Nutrient Profiling Technical Guidance” means the guidance with that title published by the Department of Health on 1st January 2011f1;

  • “the SDIL Regulations” means the Soft Drinks Industry Levy Regulations 2018f2;

  • “visual advertisement” means an advertisement which consists of moving or still images, or legible text other than accessibility text, or a combination of those things.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

An electronic copy can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-nutrient-profiling-model. Hard copies can be obtained by request to Obesity Team, Department of Health and Social Care, 39 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0EU.

f2

S.I. 2018/41, to which there are no relevant amendments.