SCHEDULE 1Amendments of primary legislation

PART 1Amendments of Communications Act 2003

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1

Section 25 (Community requirement to provide information) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

in paragraph (a), for “Commission requires” substitute “ Commission or BEREC requests ”;

b

in paragraph (b)—

i

at the end of sub-paragraph (i), omit “or”;

ii

at the end of sub-paragraph (ii), insert “ ; or ”;

iii

after sub-paragraph (ii), insert—

iii

any other enactment relating to the regulation of electronic communications networks and electronic communications services.

3

For subsection (2) substitute—

2

OFCOM may comply with the request if and to the extent that—

a

they consider it appropriate to do so in connection with their functions, and

b

in the case of information relating to a particular business, they are satisfied that arrangements exist for preserving confidentiality.

4

In subsection (3)—

a

after “the European Commission” insert “ or BEREC ”;

b

at the end insert “ or, as the case may be, to BEREC ”.

5

For the heading substitute “ Information requested by EU bodies ”.