In exercise of the powers conferred on the appropriate national authority (meaning the relevant Minister) by section 35(3) and (7) of the Digital Economy Act 2017() (“the Act”), the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with the consent of the Treasury(), makes the following Regulations.
The Minister for the Cabinet Office is satisfied that the objective specified complies with the conditions in section 35(9), (10) and (12) of the Act, and that the entries added to Schedule 4 to the Act comply with the condition in section 35(4) of the Act.
The Minister for the Cabinet Office has consulted the Information Commissioner, the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers, the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland, and such other persons as the Minister for the Cabinet Office considers appropriate, as required by section 44(4) of the Act().
In accordance with section 44(7) of the Act(), a draft of these Regulations was laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.