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The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2014. Statutory Instruments 2014 No. 2916

Title
The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2014. Statutory Instruments 2014 No. 2916
Date
4 Nov 2014
Link
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2916/introduction/made
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Publisher
House of Commons
Category
UK Legislation
Subject
Broadcasting; Film classification
Inactive
No
Description
These regulations came into force on December 1st 2014 and contain amendments to the Communications Act 2003. Their primary purpose is to ensure that video-on-demand material that has been or would be rated R18 by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is
put behind access controls and to ban the provision of video-on-demand material that has been or would be refused a classification by the BBFC.

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