reg 54 Advance notification for on-demand programme and video-sharing platform services
(1) Paragraph (2) applies where a person is providing an on-demand programme service immediately before 6th April 2021 and— (a) there is a significant difference between the service being provided and the service that was notified to the appropriate regulatory authority under section 368BA(1) of the 2003 Act, and (b) that significant difference is a change that may affect the determination of jurisdiction in accordance with paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of Article 2 of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive. (2) Section 368BA(2) of the 2003 Act has effect as if the requirement to give a notification of the significant difference before providing the service with a significant difference were a requirement to give a notification of the significant difference before 6th May 2021. (3) Paragraph (4) applies where a person is providing a video-sharing platform service immediately before 6th April 2021. (4) Section 368V(1) of the 2003 Act has effect as if the requirement to give a notification of the person’s intention to provide the service before beginning to provide it were a requirement to give a notification before 6th May 2021 that the service is being provided. (5) In this regulation— “the 2003 Act” means the Communications Act 2003; “the Audiovisual Media Services Directive” has the same meaning as in the 2003 Act (see section 405(1) of that Act); “on-demand programme service” has the same meaning as in the 2003 Act (see section 368A of that Act); “video-sharing platform service” has the same meaning as in the 2003 Act (see section 368S of that Act).