PART 2A

Regulation of dynamic spectrum access services

Fees

Fees for registration etc
53D
1
Regulations made by
OFCOM
may provide for
OFCOM
to charge fees—
a
for registering a person under section 53A;
b
for the continuation in force of such a registration;
c
for the variation or revocation of such a registration;
d
for anything done by
OFCOM
in connection with facilitating the service provided by a person registered under section 53A.
2
Subsection (1)(d) does not include anything for which
OFCOM
may charge under any other enactment.
3
The fees—
a
are to be determined by or in accordance with the regulations, and
b
are to be payable by the person who is to be, is or has been registered under section 53A.
4
The regulations may—
a
confer exemptions in particular cases, and
b
provide for sums paid to be refunded, in whole or in part, in such cases as may be specified in the regulations or in such cases as
OFCOM
think fit.
5
Where
OFCOM
register a person in circumstances in which sums will or may subsequently become payable under the regulations,
OFCOM
may require such security to be given, by way of deposit or otherwise, for the payment of those sums as they think fit.
6
A sum which is required to be paid to
OFCOM
by virtue of the regulations must be paid to
OFCOM
as soon as it becomes payable in accordance with the regulations and, if it is not paid, is recoverable by them accordingly.
Pt. 2A inserted (31.7.2017) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), ss. 8(1), 118(6); S.I. 2017/765, reg. 2(c)