{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/section-304",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/section-304.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/21",
  "legislation_title": "Communications Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003",
  "path": "section/304",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "304",
  "heading": "Procedure for issuing and revising code under s. 303",
  "text": "(1) Before drawing up a code under section 303 or reviewing or revising it in pursuance of that section, OFCOM must consult—\n(a) such persons appearing to them to represent the interests of people with disabilities as OFCOM think fit; and\n(b) such persons providing services to which that section applies as OFCOM think fit.\n(2) OFCOM must publish the code drawn up under section 303, and every revision of it, in such manner as, having regard to the need to make the code or revision accessible to people with disabilities, in particular—\n(a) persons who are deaf or hard of hearing,\n(b) persons who are blind or partially sighted, and\n(c) persons with a dual sensory impairment,\nthey consider appropriate.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 304(1)(a) substituted (1.11.2020) by The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1062), regs. 1(2), 9(a) (with Pt. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 304(2) inserted (1.11.2020) by The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1062), regs. 1(2), 9(b) (with Pt. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 304 in force at 29.12.2003 by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 11)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/304",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:16.154105+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."
  }
}