Digital Economy Act 2017, Section 83 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)The Communications Act 2003 is amended as follows.
(2)After section 134C insert—
(1)OFCOM may, in the interest of the end-users of public electronic communications services, carry out comparative overviews of the quality and prices of such services.
(2)OFCOM may publish a comparative overview carried out under this section in such manner as they consider appropriate for bringing it to the attention of persons who, in their opinion, are likely to have an interest in it.”
(3)In section 136 (information required for related purposes)—
(a)in subsection (1) for “specified in subsection (2)” substitute “ of carrying out comparative overviews under section 134D ”, and
(b)omit subsection (2).
(4)In section 393(6) (general restrictions on disclosure of information), after paragraph (b) insert—
“(ba)limits the matters that may be published as part of a comparative overview carried out by OFCOM under section 134D;”.
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