{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/listed-events-coverage-regulations-2026/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/listed-events-coverage-regulations-2026/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/751",
  "legislation_title": "The Listed Events (Coverage) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/listed-events-coverage-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Requirements in relation to adequate alternative coverage of a Group B event",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies for the purposes of section 101(6)(d) of the 1996 Act.\n(2) The person who has acquired rights to provide adequate alternative audiovisual coverage must be the provider of a relevant service that—\n(a) where the service in which live coverage of the event is to be included (“the first service”) falls within the category of service set out in section 98(1)(b) of the 1996 Act, falls into the category of service set out in section 98(1)(a) of that Act, and\n(b) is provided for an area that consists of or includes all or almost all of the area for which the first service is provided.\n(3) The person who has acquired rights to provide radio commentary must be the provider of both—\n(a) a national radio service, and\n(b) an internet radio service that—\n(i) corresponds to that national radio service, and\n(ii) can be played free of charge.\n(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), an internet radio service corresponds to a national radio service if, disregarding advertisements, all of the programmes included in the internet radio service are broadcast on the national radio service at the same time as they are provided by the internet radio service.\n(5) In this regulation—\n“digital sound programme service” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the 1996 Act (see section 40 of that Act);\n“internet radio service” has the same meaning as in Part 3B of the 2003 Act (see section 362BF of that Act);\n“national digital sound programme service” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the 1996 Act (see section 60(1) of that Act);\n“national radio service” means—\n(a) a sound broadcasting service provided by the BBC or authorised to be provided by a licence to provide a national service under Part 3 of the 1990 Act, or\n(b) a digital sound programme service provided by the BBC or authorised to be provided by a licence to provide a national digital sound programme service under Part 2 of the 1996 Act;\n“national service” has the same meaning as in section 245 of the 2003 Act;\n“provide”, in relation to a sound broadcasting service or a digital sound programme service, has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 2003 Act (see section 362(2) and (3) of that Act) (and the reference to “provider” is to be read accordingly);\n“sound broadcasting service” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 1990 Act (see section 126 of that Act).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/751/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:58:31.940805+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."
}