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<Text>After section 124Q of the Communications Act 2003 insert—</Text>
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<Pnumber>124R</Pnumber>
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<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
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<Text>This section applies where—</Text>
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<Text>the Secretary of State has given a notification under section 124O to a qualifying internet domain registry specifying a failure,</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>the period allowed for making representations has expired, and</Text>
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<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
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<Text>the Secretary of State is satisfied that the registry has not taken the steps that the Secretary of State considers appropriate for remedying the failure.</Text>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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<Text>The Secretary of State may apply to the court (as defined in section 124Q) for an order under this section.</Text>
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<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
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<Text>The court may make an order—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>making alterations of the registry’s constitution, and</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>requiring the registry not to make any alterations, or any specified alterations, of its constitution without the leave of the court.</Text>
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<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
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<Text>An order under this section may contain only such provision as the court considers appropriate for securing that the registry remedies the failure specified in the notification under section 124O.</Text>
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<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
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<Text>In this section—</Text>
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<Text>“constitution” means, in the case of a company, the articles of association and, in the case of a limited liability partnership, the limited liability partnership agreement;</Text>
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<Text>“limited liability partnership agreement” means the agreement or agreements, whether express or implied, between the members of a limited liability partnership, and between the partnership and the members of the partnership, determining—</Text>
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<Text>the mutual rights and duties of the members, and</Text>
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