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Digital Economy Act 2017

Financial implications of the Act

  1. The financial costs and benefits of the Act have been set out in accompanying impact assessments. The following assessments have been made:
    1. An overarching impact assessment;
    2. Part 2: Access to Digital Services:
      1. An impact assessment of the new electronic communications code;
      2. An impact assessment of broadband planning;
      3. An impact assessment of Dynamic Spectrum Access;
      4. An impact assessment of Financial penalties for Breaches of Wireless Telegraphy Act Licence Conditions;
      5. An impact assessment of Wireless Telegraphy Act enforcement;
    3. Part 3: Online pornography:
      1. An impact assessment of Age verification for online pornography;
    4. Part 4: Intellectual Property:
      1. An impact assessment of Webmarking: Constructive notice - products protected by registered designs;
      2. An impact assessment of the repeal of section 73, Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988;
    5. Part 5: Digital Government:
      1. An impact assessment of Digital Government: public services;
      2. An impact assessment of Digital Government: civil registration;
      3. An impact assessment of Digital Government: disclose identified data for the purpose of taking action in connection with debt owed to a specified public authority;
      4. An impact assessment of Digital Government: new powers for bodies to disclose identified data for the purpose of combating fraud against the public sector;
      5. An impact assessment of Digital Government: power to allow public authorities to disclose de-identified data in controlled conditions for research in the public interest;
      6. An impact assessment of Digital Government: new power to allow HMRC to disclose non-identifying data for a purpose in the public interest;
      7. An impact assessment of Digital Government: new powers for access to identified data for the purposes of producing national and other official statistics and research;
    6. Part 6: Miscellaneous
      1. An impact assessment of Ofcom data transparency powers;
      2. An impact assessment of Ofcom appeals;
      3. An impact assessment of Protections from extremist radio content;
      4. An impact assessment of Protections for digital terrestrial television viewers who access Internet-protocol television content;
      5. An impact assessment of the prevention and restriction of communication devices for the purpose of drug dealing;
      6. An impact assessment of Direct Marketing Code of Practice;
      7. An impact assessment of Ofcom satellite filings.

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