Regulation 54 Advance notification for on-demand programme and video-sharing platform servicesI1
United Kingdom
Paragraph (2) applies where a person is providing an on-demand programme service immediately before 6th April 2021 and—
there is a significant difference between the service being provided and the service that was notified to the appropriate regulatory authority under section 368BA(1) of the 2003 Act, and
that significant difference is a change that may affect the determination of jurisdiction in accordance with paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of Article 2 of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive.
Section 368BA(2) of the 2003 Act has effect as if the requirement to give a notification of the significant difference before providing the service with a significant difference were a requirement to give a notification of the significant difference before 6th May 2021.
Paragraph (4) applies where a person is providing a video-sharing platform service immediately before 6th April 2021.
Section 368V(1) of the 2003 Act has effect as if the requirement to give a notification of the person’s intention to provide the service before beginning to provide it were a requirement to give a notification before 6th May 2021 that the service is being provided.
In this regulation—
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“the 2003 Act” means the Communications Act 2003;
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“the Audiovisual Media Services Directive” has the same meaning as in the 2003 Act (see section 405(1) of that Act);
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“on-demand programme service” has the same meaning as in the 2003 Act (see section 368A of that Act);
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“video-sharing platform service” has the same meaning as in the 2003 Act (see section 368S of that Act).