{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/media-act-2024/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2024/15",
  "legislation_title": "Media Act 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/media-act-2024",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "OFCOM reports: wider review and reporting obligations",
  "text": "(1) Section 264A of the Communications Act 2003 (OFCOM reports: wider review and reporting obligations) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1), for “public service objectives” substitute “public service requirements”.\n(3) In subsection (2)(b) and (c), for “objectives” substitute “requirements”.\n(4) For subsections (3) and (4) substitute—\n(3) “The public service requirements” are the requirements set out in paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 264(5), as modified by subsection (4).\n(4) Section 264(5) has effect for the purposes of subsection (3) as if references to audiovisual content made available by the public service broadcasters, or to programmes included in that content, were references to material included in media services.\n(5) In subsection (5), in the definition of “media services”, after paragraph (b) (and before the “and” following it) insert—\n(ba) non-UK on-demand programme services,\n.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 55(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 2 in force at 1.1.2026 by S.I. 2025/1049, reg. 3(b)"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/15/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T16:56:45.708926+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."
  }
}