{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/section-368HM",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/section-368HM.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/21",
  "legislation_title": "Communications Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003",
  "path": "section/368HM",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "368HM",
  "heading": "Meaning of “relevant date”",
  "text": "(1) The relevant date, in relation to a Tier 1 service, is the later of—\n(a) the day on which the on-demand programme service, or non-UK on-demand programme service, became a Tier 1 service, and\n(b) the day on which the first code under section 368HL was published.\n(2) OFCOM may determine that a service provided by a person is to be treated for the purposes of section 368HL and this section as a continuation of a service previously provided by that person.",
  "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/368HM",
    "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."
  }
}