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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulated-electronic-programme-guide-prescribed-description-and-transitional-arrangements-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/529",
  "legislation_title": "The Regulated Electronic Programme Guide (Prescribed Description and Transitional Arrangements) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulated-electronic-programme-guide-prescribed-description-and-transitional-arrangements-regulations-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations set out a description of an electronic programme guide for the purposes of section 211A(2)(c) of the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) (“the 2003 Act”). Any electronic programme guide that falls within this description will be a “regulated electronic programme guide” for the purposes of section 211 of that Act (regulation of independent television services).\nSection 211 of the 2003 Act provides that it is a function of OFCOM to regulate certain services in accordance with the 2003 Act, the Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42) and the Broadcasting Act 1996 (c. 55). These services include regulated electronic programme guides and, for example, digital television programme services (defined in section 362(1) of the 2003 Act) that can be accessed by means of a regulated electronic programme guide and are not exempt foreign services (defined in section 211B of the 2003 Act). One of the features of the regulatory framework is a requirement to have a licence under Part 1 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 or Part 1 of the Broadcasting Act 1996. Regulation 3 of these Regulations makes transitional arrangements as to when a person providing a regulated electronic programme guide which falls within section 211A(2)(c) of the 2003 Act must have such a licence. It also makes transitional arrangements as to when a person providing a relevant regulated television service (defined in section 13(1A) of the Broadcasting Act 1990) which requires such a licence only as a consequence of being accessible by means of a regulated electronic programme guide which falls within section 211A(2)(c) of the 2003 Act must have such a licence.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary sector or community bodies is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside the instrument on the UK legislation website, www.legislation.gov.uk.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/529/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:01:17.209355+00:00"
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  "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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