{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/section-368HC",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/section-368HC.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/21",
  "legislation_title": "Communications Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003",
  "path": "section/368HC",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "368HC",
  "heading": "Notification to OFCOM",
  "text": "(1) A person who provides a Tier 1 service must give OFCOM a notification (a “Tier 1 notification”) to that effect.\n(2) Subsection (3) applies where—\n(a) regulations are made under section 368HB(1), and\n(b) a non-UK on-demand programme service is specified or falls within a description specified in the regulations.\n(3) OFCOM must, for the purpose of assisting with compliance with subsection (1), inform the provider of that Tier 1 service of that fact.\n(4) A person who gives a Tier 1 notification must also notify OFCOM if the person ceases to provide a Tier 1 service.\n(5) A Tier 1 notification or a notification under subsection (4) must—\n(a) be sent to OFCOM in such manner as they may require, and\n(b) include such information as they may require.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 4A inserted (19.12.2009) by Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2979), regs. 1(1), 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Pt. 4A Ch. 3 inserted (23.8.2024) by Media Act 2024 (c. 15), s. 55(3)(d), Sch. 5; S.I. 2024/858, reg. 2(1)(y)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/368HC",
    "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."
  }
}