Part 3A

Prominence on television selection services

Regulated television selection services

Meaning of “regulated television selection service”
362AF
1
In this Part, “
regulated television selection service
” means a television selection service which—
a
is for the time being designated by regulations made by the Secretary of State, or
b
is of a description specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
2
The Secretary of State may not exercise the power under
subsection (1)
(a)
so as to cause a television selection service to become a regulated television selection service unless the Secretary of State considers that the service is used by a significant number of members of the public in the United Kingdom.
3
Regulations under
subsection (1)
(b)
may, in particular, frame a description of television selection services by reference to—
a
a television selection service being used, or being used in a manner specified in the regulations, by no fewer than such number of members of the public in the United Kingdom as may be specified in the regulations;
b
the date on which a television selection service is first made available to members of the public in the United Kingdom;
c
the functions that a television selection service is capable of carrying out or may be made capable of carrying out.
4
Before making regulations under
subsection (1)
(a)
or
(b)
, the Secretary of State must have received a report under
section 362AG
relating to the television selection service or description of television selection services in question.
Pt. 3A inserted (24.5.2024 for specified purposes, 23.8.2024 except for the insertion of ss. 362AA(1)(a)(c)(5)(8), 362AJ, 362AK, 362AO) by Media Act 2024 (c. 15), ss. 28(1), 55(1)(a); S.I. 2024/858, reg. 2(1)(h) (with reg. 2(2))