Department for Culture Media and Sport
The Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Act 2007
The legislation to allow social security information to be shared with the BBC in order to assist the delivery off the Digital Switchover Help Scheme received Royal Assent on 18 June 2007.
The Help Scheme, which the BBC will help establish and fund, will provide practical help for people 75 and over or with a significant disability to help them manage the transition from analogue to digital-only television which takes place by ITV region between 2007 and 2012.
The Act covers the United Kingdom with provisions to extend the Bill to the Isle of Man.
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