The Electronic Communications and Wireless Telegraphy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

7.—(1) Section 25 (Community requirement to provide information) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) in paragraph (a), for “Commission requires” substitute “ Commission or BEREC requests ”;

(b) in paragraph (b)—

(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (i), omit “or”;

(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (ii), insert “ ; or ”;

(iii) after sub-paragraph (ii), insert—

“(iii) any other enactment relating to the regulation of electronic communications networks and electronic communications services.”

(3) For subsection (2) substitute—

“(2) OFCOM may comply with the request if and to the extent that—

(a) they consider it appropriate to do so in connection with their functions, and

(b) in the case of information relating to a particular business, they are satisfied that arrangements exist for preserving confidentiality.”

(4) In subsection (3)—

(a) after “the European Commission” insert “ or BEREC ”;

(b) at the end insert “ or, as the case may be, to BEREC ”.

(5) For the heading substitute “ Information requested by EU bodies ”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 7 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)