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Part 2 Networks, services and the radio spectrum
Chapter 1 Electronic communications networks and services
Conditions of entitlement to provide network or service etc.
48C.Delivery of copies of notifications etc. in respect of section 45 conditions
49.Directions and approvals for the purposes of a s. 45 condition
49A.Domestic consultation for directions, approvals and consents
49C.Delivery of copies of notifications etc. in respect of directions, approvals and consents
80.Proposals for identifying markets and for market power determinations
80A.Domestic consultation for market identifications and market power determinations
80B. EU consultation for market identifications and market power determinations
81.Delivery of copies of notifications under sections 79 and 80A
84.Review of services market identifications and determinations
84A.Timing of services market identifications and determinations
85.Review of apparatus market identifications and determinations
94.Notification of contravention of SMP apparatus conditions
96A.Notification of contravention of condition other than SMP apparatus condition
100.Suspending service provision for contraventions of conditions
100A.Suspending service provision for breach of SMP services condition
101.Suspending apparatus supply for contraventions of conditions
103.Enforcement of directions under ss. 98, 100 , 100A and 101
104.Civil liability for breach of conditions or confirmation decision
Security of public electronic communications networks and services
Electronic communications code
109.Restrictions and conditions subject to which code applies
111. Confirmation decision for contravention of code restrictions
116.Notification of cessation by person to whom code applies
117.Transitional schemes on cessation of application of code
119.Power to give assistance in relation to certain proceedings
Online infringement of copyright: obligations of internet service providers
124A.Obligation to notify subscribers of copyright infringement reports
124B.Obligation to provide copyright infringement lists to copyright owners
124D.Initial obligations code by OFCOM in the absence of an approved code
124G.Obligations to limit internet access: assessment and preparation
124I.Code by OFCOM about obligations to limit internet access
124J.Contents of code about obligations to limit internet access
135.Information required for purposes of Chapter 1 functions
138.Notification of contravention of information requirements
140.Suspending service provision for information contraventions
141.Suspending apparatus supply for information contraventions
146A.Rights of third parties to use information without charge
172.Contraventions of conditions for use of wireless telegraphy
174.Procedure for prosecutions of wireless telegraphy offences
175.Special procedure for contraventions by multiplex licence holders
177.“Relevant amount of gross revenue” for the purposes of s. 176
179.Modification of penalties for certain wireless telegraphy offences
180.Fixed penalties for certain wireless telegraphy offences
Part 3 Television and Radio Services ETC
Chapter 1 The BBC, C4C the Welsh Authority and the Gaelic media service
Chapter 2 Regulatory Structure for Independent Television Services
Reviews relating to licensing of Channels 3 & 5 and teletext
Television licensable content services
233.Services that are not television licensable content services
237.Penalties for contravention of licence condition or direction
238.Revocation of television licensable content service licence
239.Action against licence holders who incite crime or disorder
240.Abolition of separate licences for certain television services
Chapter 3 Regulatory Structure for Independent Radio Services
Chapter 4 Regulatory provisions
Must-offer obligations etc. affecting public service television
Independent and regional productions and programmes for public service television
Programming quotas for digital television programme services
Power to proscribe unacceptable foreign television and radio services
Chapter 5 Media ownership and control
Chapter 6 Other provisions about television and radio services
PART 4A ON-DEMAND PROGRAMME SERVICES
Part 6 Miscellaneous and Supplemental
401. Retention by OFCOM of amounts paid under Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006
402.Power of Secretary of State to make orders and regulations
406.Minor and consequential amendments, transitionals and repeals
408.Transitional provision for anticipatory carrying out of functions
409.Modifications consequential on regulations implementing Directives
410.Application of enactments to territorial sea and other waters
SCHEDULES
Functions transferred to OFCOM
Functions in relation to the licensing etc. of television services
Functions in relation to the proscription of foreign satellite services
Warrants to enter and search premises to enforce broadcasting licences provisions
Reports for the purposes of the review of digital broadcasting
Functions in relation to reservation of digital capacity to the BBC
Compulsory purchase and entry for exploratory purposes
Procedure for grants of recognised spectrum access
Fixed penalties for wireless telegraphy offences
Seizure and forfeiture of apparatus
Decisions not subject to appeal
4.A decision required to be published in a notification under...
6.A decision given effect to by regulations under section 66....
7.A decision given effect to by regulations under section 71....
8.A decision required to be published in a notification under...
13.A decision relating to the publication of the United Kingdom...
14.A decision in exercise of the functions conferred on OFCOM...
17.A decision given effect to by regulations under section 159....
18.A decision given effect to by regulations under section 162....
20.A decision given effect to by regulations under section 168....
21.A decision given effect to by regulations under section 170...
24.A decision given effect to by regulations under paragraph 1...
Approval, imposition and modification of networking arrangements
Restrictions on product placement
Financial penalties under the Broadcasting Acts
Amendments of Broadcasting Acts
Part 1 Amendments of the 1990 Act
Prohibition on providing television services without a licence
Procedure on consideration of applications for Channel 3 licences
Financial conditions of licence and failures to begin a service
Temporary provision of Channel 3 service for an additional area
Enforcement of conditions of Channel 3, Channel 4 and Channel 5 licences
Procedure on application etc. for additional television services licences
Additional payments in respect of additional television services licences
Additional television services not to interfere with other transmissions
Disqualification of persons convicted of transmission offences
Restrictions affecting change in control of holder of national licence
Power to suspend licences to provide radio licensable content services from a satellite
Additional payments in respect of additional radio services licences
Additional radio services not to interfere with other transmissions
Part 2 Amendments of the 1996 Act
Power to require two or more multiplex licences to be granted to one person
Enforcement of digital additional television services licences
Reservation of capacity for independent national broadcasters
Power to require two or more local radio multiplex licences to be granted to one person
Conditions which may be attached to radio multiplex licences
Additional payments to be made in respect of national radio multiplex licences
Further amendments in connection with media mergers
8.(1) Section 43 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (intervention notices...
9.In section 45(1)(b) of that Act (circumstances in which the...
10.After section 50(2) of that Act (reports on references in...
11.In section 57(2) of that Act (duty to bring representations...
12.In section 58(4)(b) of that Act (retrospective effect of orders...
13.In section 60(4)(a) of that Act (final determination of matters...
14.In section 62(1)(b) of that Act (circumstances in which the...
15.After section 65(2) of that Act (reports on references in...
16.In section 67(1)(b) of that Act (intervention to protect legitimate...
17.In section 68(2)(c) of that Act (scheme for protecting legitimate...
18.(1) Section 107 of that Act (further publicity requirements) shall...
19.In section 108 of that Act (defamation) after the words...
20.(1) Section 117 of that Act (false or misleading information)...
21.In section 118(1) of that Act (excisions from reports) before...
22.In section 120(1) of that Act (review of decisions under...
24.(1) Section 124 of that Act (orders and regulations under...
25.(1) Section 130 of that Act (index of defined expressions)...
26.In section 180(2) of that Act (application of section 117...
Minor and Consequential Amendments
7.In section 1C of that Act (prohibition on Acts facilitating...
10.No appeal shall be brought to the tribunal established under...
11.(1) Section 10 of that Act (regulations as to radiation...
12.(1) Section 11 of that Act (enforcement of regulations as...
13.(1) Section 12 of that Act (enforcement of regulations as...
14.(1) Section 14 of that Act (penalties and legal proceedings)...
16.(1) Section 16 of that Act (regulations and orders) shall...
17.In section 19 of that Act (interpretation), after subsection (2)...
Lough Neagh and Lower Bann Drainage and Navigation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955
63.(1) Sections 44 to 46 of the Telecommunications Act 1984...
65.In section 79(6)(b) of that Act (seizure of apparatus etc.),...
66.(1) Section 83 of that Act (disposal of seized apparatus...
67.(1) Section 84 of that Act (approval of wireless telegraphy...
68.Section 90 of that Act (funding of wireless interference service...
69.(1) Section 91 of that Act (construction of references to...
70.(1) Section 94 of that Act (directions in the interests...
72.(1) Section 101 of that Act (general restrictions on disclosure...
73.In section 104 of that Act (orders and schemes), after...
74.In section 106(1) of that Act (general interpretation), after the...
Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989
145.Subject to any other amendment made by any other provision...
146.In section 1 of that Act (charges for wireless telegraphy...
147.For section 2 of that Act there shall be substituted—...
148.(1) Section 4 of that Act (restriction on revocation or...
150.For section 6 of that Act there shall be substituted—...
151.(1) Section 8 of that Act (interpretation) shall be amended...
Steps taken in anticipation of passing or coming into force of Act
Savings for agreements referring to the termination of a 1984 Act licence
Saving for agreements with special provision for 1984 Act licence holders
General saving for agreements conditional on certain Broadcasting Act licences
Orders under Part 2 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994
Pre-commencement proposals relating to universal service matters
Pre-commencement proposals relating to market power determinations
Saving for agreements having effect by reference to licensing regime
Saving for guarantees of liabilities of telecommunications code operators
Notices under section 1D of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949
Notices under regulations under section 3 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1998
Appeals against wireless telegraphy and telecommunications decisions
Transitory amendments to telecommunications terms in Broadcasting Act 1990
Saving pending replacement of licences for Channels 3 and 5 and the public teletext service
Applications for renewal of licences under 1990 Act and 1996 Act
Codes of practice drawn up by the Broadcasting Standards Commission
Orders in Council under section 6 of the Continental Shelf Act 1964
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