{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/section-362AP",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/section-362AP.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/21",
  "legislation_title": "Communications Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003",
  "path": "section/362AP",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "362AP",
  "heading": "Code of practice",
  "text": "(1) OFCOM must issue a code of practice describing actions that OFCOM recommend for the purpose of securing that the manner in which a regulated television selection service presents internet programme services to its users complies with the duties in section 362AO.\n(2) OFCOM may—\n(a) revise a code of practice issued under this section and issue the code as revised;\n(b) withdraw a code of practice issued under this section and issue a new code of practice.\n(3) OFCOM must—\n(a) publish a code of practice issued under this section in such manner as they consider appropriate;\n(b) keep a code of practice issued under this section under review.\n(4) If requested by the Secretary of State to review all or part of a code of practice issued under this section, OFCOM must review the code or that part of it.\n(5) OFCOM must secure that the actions recommended in a code of practice issued under this section are consistent with the agreement objectives.\n(6) The actions recommended in a code of practice issued under this section may include—\n(a) actions relating to particular descriptions of regulated television selection services;\n(b) actions relating to particular descriptions of internet programme services.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 3A inserted (24.5.2024 for specified purposes, 23.8.2024 except for the insertion of ss. 362AA(1)(a)(c)(5)(8), 362AJ, 362AK, 362AO) by Media Act 2024 (c. 15), ss. 28(1), 55(1)(a); S.I. 2024/858, reg. 2(1)(h) (with reg. 2(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/362AP",
    "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."
  }
}