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(1)This section applies where—
(a)a public communications provider has been given a notification under section 105Z18;
(b)the Secretary of State has allowed the provider an opportunity to make representations about the matters notified; and
(c)the period allowed for the making of representations has expired.
(2)The Secretary of State may—
(a)give the provider a decision (“a confirmation decision”) confirming the imposition of requirements on the provider in accordance with the notification under section 105Z18; or
(b)inform the provider that no further action will be taken.
(3)The Secretary of State may not give the provider a confirmation decision unless, after considering any representations, the Secretary of State is satisfied that the provider has, in one or more of the ways specified in the notification under section 105Z18, contravened—
(a)a requirement imposed by a designated vendor direction, or
(b)a requirement imposed under section 105Z7,
specified in the notification under section 105Z18.
(4)A confirmation decision must be given to the provider without delay.
(5)A confirmation decision must include reasons for the decision.
(6)A confirmation decision may—
(a)require immediate action by the provider—
(i)to comply with the requirement specified in the notification under section 105Z18, and
(ii)to remedy the consequences of the contravention, or
(b)specify a period within which the provider must comply with that requirement and remedy those consequences,
and may specify the steps to be taken by the provider in order to comply with that requirement or remedy those consequences.
(7)A confirmation decision may require the provider to pay—
(a)the penalty specified in the notification under section 105Z18, or
(b)such lesser penalty as the Secretary of State considers appropriate in the light of—
(i)any representations made by the provider, and
(ii)any steps taken by the provider to comply with the requirement specified in the notification under section 105Z18 or to remedy the consequences of the contravention,
and may specify the period within which the penalty is to be paid.
(8)It is the duty of the provider to comply with any requirement imposed by a confirmation decision.
(9)The Secretary of State may enforce the provider’s duty in civil proceedings—
(a)for an injunction;
(b)for specific performance of a statutory duty under section 45 of the Court of Session Act 1988; or
(c)for any other appropriate remedy or relief.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 105Z18-105Z21 inserted (17.11.2021) by Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 (c. 31), ss. 20, 28(1)(c)
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