Typographical Error Corrected in TV Selection Regulations
This document is an official correction notice for 'The Television Selection Services (Designation) Regulations 2026,' issued in June 2026, which specifically amends Regulation 3(2) by correcting a typographical error where 'paragraph (2)' must now read 'paragraph (1)' to ensure the regulation operates as intended.
Arguments For
Ensuring the correct legal referencing within the regulatory framework concerning television selection services.
Maintaining the clarity and operational accuracy of the Designation Regulations 2026 by correcting potential ambiguities arising from incorrect cross-references.
Arguments Against
Implementation challenges related to immediately updating all documentation and software that relies on the original text of Regulation 3(2).
Potential minor administrative burden on compliance bodies having to issue clarification notices regarding the correction.
2026 No. 531
BROADCASTING
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
The Television Selection Services (Designation) Regulations 2026
ISBN 978-0-34-828334-1
This opening identifies the statutory instrument as 2026 No. 531 and assigns it to the policy areas of Broadcasting and Electronic Communications.
It formally names the regulation as 'The Television Selection Services (Designation) Regulations 2026' and provides its ISBN reference number.
CORRECTION
Page 2, regulation 3(2): 'paragraph (2)' should read 'paragraph (1)'.
This is the substantive correction being made to the published regulations.
It pinpoints the error on page 2 within regulation 3, subsection (2), stating that the existing text referencing 'paragraph (2)' must be officially read and interpreted as referencing 'paragraph (1)' instead.
June 2026
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY THE STATIONERY OFFICE LIMITED under the authority and superintendence of Saul Nassé, Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office and King's Printer of Acts of Parliament.
This section provides the date of issuance, June 2026, and details the official publisher.
The Stationery Office Limited published this document under the authority of the Controller and King's Printer of Acts of Parliament (Saul Nassé), confirming its status as an official UK government publication.
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