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F1Pt. 4A inserted (19.12.2009) by Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2979), regs. 1(1), 2
(1)The appropriate regulatory authority may require a person who appears to them to be or to have been a provider of an on-demand programme service and to have information that they require for a purpose within subsection (2) to provide them with all such information as they consider necessary for that purpose.
(2)The following are within this subsection—
(a)the purposes of an investigation which the appropriate regulatory authority are carrying out in order for it to be determined whether a contravention of section [F2368BA] [F3, 368CB or 368D] [F4, or of regulations under section [F5368BC],] has occurred or is occurring, where—
(i)the investigation relates to a matter about which they have received a complaint, or
(ii)they otherwise have reason to suspect that there has been [F6such a contravention];
[F7(aa)the purposes of an investigation which the appropriate regulatory authority are carrying out in order to determine whether a person who appears to them to be or to have been a provider of an on-demand programme service has failed to take an appropriate measure in relation to that service for the purpose mentioned in section 368E(4), or has failed to implement such a measure effectively, where—
(i)the investigation relates to a matter about which they have received a complaint, or
(ii)they otherwise have reason to suspect that there has been such a failure;]
(b)the purpose of ascertaining or calculating applicable qualifying revenue under section 368J.
F8(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)The appropriate regulatory authority may not require the provision of information under this section unless they have given the person from whom it is required an opportunity of making representations to them about the matters appearing to them to provide grounds for making the request.
(5)The appropriate regulatory authority must not require the provision of information under this section except by a demand for the information contained in a notice served on the person from whom the information is required that describes the required information and sets out the appropriate regulatory authority’s reasons for requiring it.
(6)A person who is required to provide information under this section must provide it in such manner and within such reasonable period as may be specified by the appropriate regulatory authority in the demand for information.
(7)Sections 368I and 368K apply in relation to a failure to comply with a demand for information imposed under this section as if that failure were a contravention of a requirement of section 368D.
(8)In this section “information” includes copies of programmes.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 368O(2)(a) inserted (18.3.2010) by The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/419), regs. 1(1), 10
F3Words in s. 368O(2)(a) substituted (1.11.2020) by The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1062), regs. 1(2), 41(a)(i) (with Pt. 7)
F4Words in s. 368O(2)(a) inserted (31.7.2017) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), ss. 93(7), 118(6); S.I. 2017/765, reg. 2(y)
F5Word in s. 368O(2)(a) substituted (1.11.2020) by The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1062), regs. 1(2), 41(a)(ii) (with Pt. 7)
F6Words in s. 368O(2)(a)(ii) substituted (1.11.2020) by The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1062), regs. 1(2), 41(a)(iii) (with Pt. 7)
F7S. 368O(2)(aa) inserted (1.11.2020) by The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1062), regs. 1(2), 41(b) (with Pt. 7)
F8S. 368O(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Broadcasting (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/224), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 30 (with reg. 6) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1536, regs. 2, 5(2)(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
(1)OFCOM must take all necessary steps to provide such information and assistance to member States and to the European Commission as is required in order to comply with the Audiovisual Media Services Directive as it applies in relation to providers of on-demand programme services, in particular Articles 2, 3, 4 and 30a of the Directive.
(2)Where OFCOM—
(a)receive a request from a member State under Article 4 of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive relating to a provider of an on-demand programme service, and
(b)consider that the request is substantiated under that Article,
they must ask the provider to comply with the rule identified in that request.]
Textual Amendments
F9S. 368OA inserted (1.11.2020) by The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1062), regs. 1(2), 42 (with Pt. 7)
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