{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/audiovisual-media-services-regulations-2020/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/audiovisual-media-services-regulations-2020/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1062",
  "legislation_title": "The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/audiovisual-media-services-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 303 (code relating to provision for the deaf and visually impaired)—\n(a) in the heading, for “the deaf and visually impaired” substitute “people with disabilities”;\n(b) in subsection (1)(a), after “enjoyment by” insert “people with disabilities, in particular”;\n(c) after subsection (1) insert—\n“(1A) The code must include provision—\n(a) encouraging providers of services to which this section applies to develop accessibility action plans with a view to continuously and progressively making such services more accessible to people with disabilities;\n(b) requiring such action plans to be notified to OFCOM;\n(c) requiring providers of services to report annually to OFCOM about the accessibility of such services to people with disabilities.”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 1.11.2020, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1062/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:24:59.287617+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."
}