{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulated-electronic-programme-guide-prescribed-description-and-transitional-arrangements-regulations-2026/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulated-electronic-programme-guide-prescribed-description-and-transitional-arrangements-regulations-2026/regulation-3.json",
  "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": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transitional arrangements",
  "text": "(1) A person providing a regulated electronic programme guide which falls within section 211A(2)(c) of the Communications Act 2003 is not required to have a licence under Part 1 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 or Part 1 of the Broadcasting Act 1996 until—\n(a) in the case of an electronic programme guide which is provided in accordance with regulation 2(6)(a), 1st December 2026;\n(b) in the case of an electronic programme guide which is not provided in accordance with regulation 2(6)(a), but can be accessed as described in regulation 2(6)(b), 1st June 2027.\n(2) A person providing a relevant regulated television service which—\n(a) is not a regulated electronic programme guide, and\n(b) is required to have a licence under Part 1 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 or Part 1 of the Broadcasting Act 1996 only as a consequence of being accessible by means of a regulated electronic programme guide which falls within section 211A(2)(c) of the Communications Act 2003,\nis not required to have such a licence until 1st December 2027.\n(3) In paragraph (2), “relevant regulated television service” has the same meaning as in section 13(1A) of the Broadcasting Act 1990.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 55."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 13(1A) was inserted by paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 15 to the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/529/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:01:17.209355+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."
}