{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-television-licensing-amendment-regulations-2025/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/133",
  "legislation_title": "The Communications (Television Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-television-licensing-amendment-regulations-2025",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "BROADCASTING\nELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS\nMade 6th February 2025\nLaid before Parliament 10th February 2025\nComing into force 1st April 2025\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 365(1) and (4)(b) and 402(3) of the Communications Act 2003, including as extended by—\n(a) the Communications (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Order 2003;\n(b) the Communications (Jersey) Order 2003;\n(c) the Communications (Isle of Man) Order 2003;\n(d) the Communications (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Order 2004;\n(e) the Broadcasting and Communications (Jersey) Order 2004.\nThe Treasury has consented to the making of these Regulations in accordance with section 365(6) of the Communications Act 2003.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 c. 21."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/3195, amended by S.I. 2006/3325; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant. Article 6 of the Order extends section 402(3) of the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) to Guernsey."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/3197, amended by S.I. 2006/3324; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant. Article 6 of the Order extends section 402(3) of the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) to Jersey."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/3198, amended by S.I. 2007/278; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant. Article 6 of the Order extends sections 365(1) and (4) and 402(3) of the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) to the Isle of Man."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 2004/307. Article 4 of the Order extends, with the modifications set out in paragraph 3 of the Schedule to the Order, section 365 of the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) to Guernsey."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 2004/308, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Article 4 of the Order extends, with the modifications set out in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to that Order, section 365 of the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) to Jersey."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/133/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:20:44.606980+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
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