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OFCOM</abbr> exercise a power under section 12 to prescribe sums payable in respect of wireless telegraphy licences, other than a power to prescribe sums payable where a licence is varied or revoked at the request or with the consent of the holder of the licence.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-13-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p><abbr class="acronym" title="Office of Communications">
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