SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 10 Regulators

Part IV Utilities: Minor and Consequential Amendments

The Telecommunications Act 1984 (c.12)

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(1)

The Telecommunications Act 1984 is amended as follows.

F1(2)

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F1(3)

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F1(4)

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F2(5)

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F3(6)

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(7)

In section 101(3) (general restrictions on disclosure of information)—

(a)

omit paragraphs (d) and (e) (which refer to the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 and the M1Resale Prices Act 1976);

(b)

after paragraph (m), insert—

“(n)

the Competition Act 1998”.

(8)

At the end of section 101, insert—

“(6)

Information obtained by the Director in the exercise of functions which are exercisable concurrently with the Director General of Fair Trading under Part I of the Competition Act 1998 is subject to sections 55 and 56 of that Act (disclosure) and not to subsections (1) to (5) of this section.”