{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/broadcasting-act-1996/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/broadcasting-act-1996/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/55",
  "legislation_title": "Broadcasting Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/broadcasting-act-1996",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Meaning of “independent analogue broadcaster” and “qualifying service”.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) In this Part “qualifying service” means any of the following, so far as they are provided with a view to their being broadcast in digital form—\n(a) a television broadcasting service included in Channel 3;\n(b) Channel 4;\n(c) Channel 5;\n(d) S4C Digital;\n(e) a television programme service provided by S4C with the approval of the Secretary of State under section 204B of the Communications Act 2003;\n(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 2(1) repealed (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 19(1) Note 1 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 2(2) substituted for s. 2(2)-(6) (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 15 para. 75 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 2(2)(e) substituted (23.8.2024) by Media Act 2024 (c. 15), s. 55(3)(c), Sch. 4 para. 18(a); S.I. 2024/858, reg. 2(1)(x)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 2(2)(e) substituted (1.1.2026) by Media Act 2024 (c. 15), s. 55(3)(c), Sch. 4 para. 18(b); S.I. 2025/1049, reg. 3(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 2(2)(f) omitted (23.8.2024) by virtue of Media Act 2024 (c. 15), s. 55(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 7; S.I. 2024/858, reg. 2(1)(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 2(6)(7) repealed (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 19(1) Note 1 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2 wholly in force at 1.10.1996; s. 2 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 149; s. 2 in force force certain purposes at 15.9.1996 and wholly in force at 1.10.1996 by S.I. 1996/2120, art. 4, Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/55/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:13:48.242068+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}