{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/section-368P",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/section-368P.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/21",
  "legislation_title": "Communications Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003",
  "path": "section/368P",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "368P",
  "heading": "Application of Part 4A in relation to the BBC",
  "text": "(A1) Section 368BA (advance notification) does not apply in relation to an on-demand programme service provided or to be provided by the BBC.\n(1) The following provisions do not apply to the BBC—\n(a) section 368D(3)(za) and (zb) (duties of providers of on-demand programme services);\n(b) section 368F (advertising);\n(c) section 368G (sponsorship);\n(d) section 368NA (fees).\n(2) In the following provisions references to a provider of an on-demand programme service do not include references to the BBC—\n(a) section 368C(4) (codes of conduct: food and beverage promotion and children’s programmes);\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e) section 368K (suspension or restriction of service for contraventions);\n(f) section 368L (suspension or restriction of service for inciting crime or disorder);\n(g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Paragraph 2(2)(b) of Schedule 12 includes provision imposing obligations on the BBC in relation to on-demand programme services.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "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": "S. 368P(A1) inserted (18.3.2010) by The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/419), regs. 1(1), 11(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 368P(1) substituted (18.3.2010) by The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/419), regs. 1(1), 11(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 368P(1)(a) substituted (1.11.2020) by The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1062), regs. 1(2), 43(a) (with Pt. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 368P(2)(a) substituted (1.11.2020) by The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1062), regs. 1(2), 43(b)(i) (with Pt. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 368P(2)(b)(c) omitted (18.3.2010) by virtue of The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/419), regs. 1(1), 11(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 368P(2)(d) omitted (1.11.2020) by virtue of The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1062), regs. 1(2), 43(b)(ii) (with Pt. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 368P(2)(g) omitted (1.11.2020) by virtue of The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1062), regs. 1(2), 43(b)(ii) (with Pt. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:16.154105+00:00",
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    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}