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Skip to main contentSkip to navigationlegislation.gov.ukThe National ArchivesHelpSite MapAccessibilityContact UsCymraegHomeAbout UsBrowse LegislationNew LegislationChanges To LegislationSearch LegislationSearch LegislationTitle: (or keywords in the title)Year:Number:Type:All Legislation (excluding draft)All Primary Legislation UK Public General Acts UK Local Acts Acts of the Scottish Parliament Acts of the National Assembly for Wales Measures of the National Assembly for Wales Church Measures Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Old Scottish Parliament Acts of the English Parliament Acts of the Old Irish Parliament Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain Northern Ireland Orders in Council Measures of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Northern Ireland ParliamentAll Secondary Legislation UK Statutory Instruments Wales Statutory Instruments Scottish Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Statutory Rules Church Instruments UK Ministerial Orders UK Statutory Rules and OrdersAll Draft Legislation UK Draft Statutory Instruments Scottish Draft Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Draft Statutory RulesAll Impact Assessments UK Impact AssessmentsSearchAdvanced SearchBroadcasting Act 1996You are here:1996 c. 55Part ITable of ContentsContentMore ResourcesPrevious: IntroductionNext: PartPlain ViewPrint OptionsWhat VersionLatest available (Revised)Original (As enacted)Advanced FeaturesShow Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)Show Timeline of ChangesOpening OptionsOpen whole ActOpen Act without schedulesOpen Schedules onlyChanges to legislation:There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Broadcasting Act 1996. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.Changes to LegislationRevised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Changes and effects yet to be applied to :Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the specific provision you are viewing.Pt. 1 amendment to earlier affecting provision SI 2012/292 Sch. para. 10 by S.I. 2012/1842 art. 3Pt. 1 applied in part (with modifications) by S.I. 2012/292 art. 4 Sch. Pt. 1Pt. 1 modified by 2003 c. 21 s. 215(10)(c)Pt. 1 modified by 2003 c. 21 s. 241(1)Pt. 1 transfer of functions by 2003 c. 21 Sch. 1 para. 3(a)specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing SI 2003/3142 art. 4 Sch. 2 by S.I. 2004/545 art. 2Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters where applicable. This includes any insertions of whole new Parts, Chapters or provisions yet to be inserted into this Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing.Act amendment to earlier affecting provision SI 2003/3193 by S.I. 2004/309 art. 2(1) Sch. Pt. 1Act amendment to earlier affecting provision SI 2003/3203 by S.I. 2004/308 art. 6(2) Sch. 2Act extended (with modifications) by S.I. 2003/3192 art. 2 Sch. 1Act extended (with modifications) by S.I. 2003/3193 art. 2 Sch. 1Act extended (with modifications) by S.I. 2003/3203 art. 2(d) Sch. 1Act power to modify conferred by 2003 c. 21 s. 407Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):s. 104ZA inserted by 2003 c. 21 s. 302(1)Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Broadcasting Act 1996Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing. Where applicable the commencement orders are listed under two headings, firstly those that bring some part of the Act you are viewing into force and secondly, those that bring into force legislation that affects some part of the legislation you are viewing. If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.I. 2003/766 art. 2 Sch. commences (2002 c. 40)S.I. 2003/1900 art. 2 Sch. 1 2 commences (2003 c. 21)S.I. 2003/3142 art. 2-4 Sch. 1 2 commences (2003 c. 21)Part IE+W+S+N.I. Digital terrestrial television broadcasting IntroductoryE+W+S+N.I.1 Multiplex services and digital programme services.E+W+S+N.I.(1)In this Part “multiplex service” means a service provided by any person which consists in the broadcasting for general reception of two or more services specified in subsection (3) by combining the relevant information in digital form, together with any broadcasting in digital form of digital additional services (as defined by section 24(1)).
[F1(1A)In subsection (1) “for general reception” means for general reception in, or in any area in, the United Kingdom.]
(2)A service in respect of which a licence under section 7 is in force is not prevented from being a multiplex service at a particular time merely because only one service specified in subsection (3) is being broadcast in digital form at that time.
(3)The services referred to in subsections (1) and (2) are—
(a)a digital programme service (as defined by subsection (4)), or
(b)a qualifying service (as defined by section 2(2)).
(4)In this Part “digital programme service” means a service consisting in the provision by any person of television programmes (together with any ancillary services, as defined by section 24(2)) with a view to their being broadcast in digital form for general reception, whether by him or by some other person, but does not include—
(a)a qualifying service,
(b)a teletext service, or
(c)any service in the case of which the visual images to be broadcast do not consist wholly or mainly of images capable of being seen as moving pictures,
except, in the case of a service falling within paragraph (b) or (c), to the extent that it is an ancillary service.
[F2(4A)In subsection (4) “for general reception” means for general reception in, or in any area in, the United Kingdom or any other EEA State.]
(5)The Secretary of State may, if having regard to developments in broadcasting technology he considers it appropriate to do so, by order amend the definition of “digital programme service” in subsection (4).
(6)No order under subsection (5) shall be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
“broadcast” means broadcast otherwise than—
(a)by satellite, or
(b)in the provision of a local delivery service (as defined by section 72(1) of the 1990 Act), F3. . .
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(a)the Channel Four Television Corporation,
(b)the Welsh Authority,
(c)any person who holds a Channel 3 licence or a Channel 5 licence, or
(d)the public teletext provider.
(2)Subject to subsections (4) and (5), in this Part “qualifying service” means any service which—
(a)is provided by an independent analogue broadcaster falling within paragraph (a) or (c) of subsection (1) who has notified the Commission, within the period of one month beginning with the commencement of this section, of his intention to provide a service specified in subsection (3) (“the corresponding analogue service”) for broadcasting in digital form, and
(b)as respects the programmes included in the service and the times at which they are broadcast, is identical with the corresponding analogue service.
(3)The services referred to in subsection (2) are—
(a)Channel 4, and
(b)any Channel 3 service or Channel 5.
(4)If the Welsh Authority notify the Commission, within the period of one month beginning with the commencement of this section, of their intention to provide S4C Digital, S4C Digital shall be a qualifying service for the purposes of this Part.
(a)the public teletext provider notifies the Commission, within the period of one month beginning with the commencement of this section, of his intention to provide a teletext service for broadcasting in digital form, and
(b)the Commission consent under section 30 to his provision of that service,
that service (in this Part referred to as “the qualifying teletext service”) shall be a qualifying service for the purposes of this Part.
(6)In this Part “public teletext provider” means the person who holds the additional services licence (within the meaning of Part I of the 1990 Act) which relates to the teletext service referred to in section 49(2) of that Act.
(7)In subsection (2) “programme” does not include an advertisement.
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