# Broadcasting Act 1996, Section 24: Digital additional services.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In this Part “digital additional service” means any service (or dissociable section of a service) which—
(a) is provided by a person with a view to its being broadcast in digital form (whether by him or some other person) so as to be available for reception by members of the public;
(b) is so provided with a view either—
(i) to the broadcasting being by means of a television multiplex service or by means of a general multiplex service; or
(ii) to the members of the public in question being or including members of the public in a CTT State other than the United Kingdom, or in an area of such a State;
and
(c) is not a Channel 3 service, Channel 4, Channel 5, a public television service of S4C, ... a digital programme service, a digital sound programme service, an ancillary service or a technical service.
(2) In this Part “ancillary service” means any service which is provided by the holder of a digital programme licence or by an a relevant public service broadcaster and consists in the provision of—
(a) assistance for disabled people in relation to some or all of the programmes included in a digital programme service or qualifying service provided by him;
(b) a service (apart from advertising) that relates to the promotion or listing of programmes included in such a service or in a digital sound programme service so provided; or
(c) any other service (apart from advertising) that is ancillary to one or more programmes so included, and relates directly to their contents.
(3) In this Part “technical service” means a service which—
(a) is provided for technical purposes connected with the encryption or decryption of one or more digital programme services , digital sound programme services or digital additional services, and
(b) is of a description specified in an order made by the Secretary of State.
(3A) In this section—
“assistance for disabled people” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Communications Act 2003;
“available for reception by members of the public” shall be construed in accordance with section 361 of that Act;
“public television service of S4C” means—
(a) S4C Digital; or
(b) any television programme service provided in digital form by S4C in fulfilling its public service remit;
“relevant public service broadcaster” means any of the following—
(a) a person licensed under Part 1 of the 1990 Act to provide a Channel 3 service;
(b) the Channel 4 Corporation;
(c) a person licensed under Part 1 of the 1990 Act to provide Channel 5;
(d) the BBC;
(e) S4C;
(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) An order under subsection (3) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/55/section/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/broadcasting-act-1996/section-24
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