11.—(1) Section 46 (persons to whom conditions may apply) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2) After subsection (5) insert—
“(5A) A social tariff condition may be applied—
(a)generally to every person providing a public electronic communications service;
(b)generally to every person providing such a service of a particular description specified in the condition; or
(c)to a particular person specified in the condition.”.
(3) In subsection (6), for the “and” at the end of paragraph (a) substitute—
“(aa)in the case of a condition falling within section 74(2A), must be—
(i)a person providing a public electronic communications network; or
(ii)the owner of a line or associated facility;
(ab)in the case of a condition falling within section 74A, must be a person who provides an electronic communications network; and”.
(4) After subsection (8) insert—
“(8A) A person whom OFCOM have previously determined to be a person having significant market power in a services market but whom OFCOM determine no longer to be a person having significant market power in that market is to be treated as continuing to fall within subsection (8) for so long as OFCOM consider necessary to ensure a sustainable transition for those benefitting from obligations imposed on that person as a result of the previous determination.”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 11 in force at 21.12.2020, see reg. 1(2)