electronic communications networks and electronic communications services;

facilities capable of being made available as part of or in connection with an electronic communications service;

particular methods of billing for electronic communications services or of accepting payment for them;

directories capable of being used in connection with the use of an electronic communications network or electronic communications service; and

directory enquiry facilities capable of being used for purposes connected with the use of such a network or service.

one form of electronic communications network, electronic communications service or associated facility, or

one means of providing or making available such a network, service or facility,

the supply of directories capable of being used in connection with the use of an electronic communications network or electronic communications service; and

the making available of directory enquiry facilities capable of being used for purposes connected with the use of such a network or service.

review the designations for the time being in force in accordance with regulations under this section; and

on such a review, consider what (if any) universal service conditions should continue to apply to each of the designated persons.

to be efficient, objective and transparent; and

not to involve, or to tend to give rise to, any undue discrimination against any person or description of persons.

OFCOM designate a person in accordance with regulations under this section, or

a designation of a person in accordance with any such regulations ceases to have effect,

requires information published in accordance with it to be updated from time to time and published again;

requires information so published to satisfy the requirements that OFCOM consider appropriate for securing that it is adequate; and

requires information so published to be framed by reference to the quality of service parameters, definitions and measurement methods for the time being set out in Annex III to the Universal Service Directive.

the times at which information published in accordance with it is to be published; and

the manner in which that information is to be published.

to make facilities available for enabling information published in pursuance of a condition applied to that person under subsection (2) to be independently audited;

to meet the costs of any independent auditing of that information that is required by OFCOM.

for accuracy; and

for its usefulness in the making of comparisons with information published by other designated universal service providers.

is eligible for appointment as a statutory auditor under Part 42 of the Companies Act 2006, and

if the appointment to carry out such auditing as is mentioned in subsection (5) were an appointment as a statutory auditor, would not be prohibited from acting by section 1214 of that Act (independence requirement).

to keep under review universal service tariffs; and

to monitor changes to those tariffs.

the use of a common tariff, or of common tariffs, in relation to anything mentioned in section 65(2);

the use, in such cases as may be specified or described in the conditions, of such special tariffs in relation to anything so mentioned as may be so specified or described;

the fixing of tariffs used in accordance with the conditions by the use of such methods, and by reference to such methods of computing costs, as may be so specified or described.

to pay for an unnecessary additional service; or

to pay, in respect of anything required by the order, any amount that is attributable to the provision to him of such a service.

he has to accept by reason of his being provided, at his request, with something required by the order (“the requested service”); and

is not necessary for the purpose of providing him with the requested service.

to supply a directory capable of being used in connection with the use of an electronic communications network or electronic communications service; or

to make available directory enquiry facilities capable of being used for purposes connected with use of such a network or service.

in the compiling of the directory or the answering of directory enquiries; or

in the treatment in the directory, or for the purposes of the facilities, of any relevant information from that source.

references to relevant information are references to information provided for inclusion in the directory or for use in the answering of directory enquiries; and

references to a source of relevant information are references to a communications provider or designated universal service provider who provides relevant information.

regulations under section 66 require the financial burden of so complying to be taken into account in determining whom to designate, and

the regulations provide for a particular method of calculating that burden to be used for the purposes of that determination,

his designation; and

the application to him of universal service conditions.

cause the calculations made by them on the review to be audited by a person who appears to them to be independent of designated universal service providers; or

themselves carry out an audit of those calculations.

is prepared; and

if not prepared by OFCOM, is provided to them.

their conclusions on the review; and

a summary of the report of the audit which was carried out as respects the calculations made for the purposes of that review.

have concluded, on a review under section 70, that complying in relation to any matter with universal service conditions imposes a financial burden on a particular designated universal service provider; and

have published that conclusion in accordance with that section.

OFCOM determine that it would be unfair for the designated universal service provider to bear, or to continue to bear, the whole or a part of the burden, and

an application for a determination under this subsection is made to OFCOM by that provider,

a determination by OFCOM of the extent of the financial burden that exists for the designated universal service provider of complying in relation to any matter with universal service conditions;

an application for the purposes of subsection (3)(b);

a determination by OFCOM of whether it is or would be unfair for the designated universal service provider to bear, or to continue to bear, the burden of complying in relation to any matter with universal service conditions;

a determination of the extent (if any) to which that is or would be unfair.

in an objective and transparent manner;

in a manner that does not involve, or tend to give rise to, any undue discrimination against particular communications providers or particular designated universal service providers, or against a particular description of them; and

in a manner that avoids, or (if that is impracticable) at least minimises, any distortion of competition or of customer demand.

by OFCOM; or

by such other person as may be specified in the regulations.

the persons who are designated universal service providers; and

communications providers to whom general conditions are applicable.

every determination by OFCOM that has had effect in relation to a time in that period as a determination of the costs of providing anything contained in the universal service order;

the market benefits for each designated universal service provider that have accrued to him during that period from his designation and from the application to him of universal service conditions; and

the contribution made under section 71(3) by every person who has made a contribution during that period.

must be prepared as soon as practicable after the end of the period to which it is to apply; and

must be published as soon as practicable after its preparation is complete.

to publish any matter that is confidential in accordance with subsection (7) or (8); or

to publish anything that it would not be reasonably practicable to publish without disclosing such a matter.

it relates specifically to the affairs of a particular body; and

publication of that matter would or might, in OFCOM’s opinion, seriously and prejudicially affect the interests of that body.

it relates to the private affairs of an individual; and

publication of that matter would or might, in OFCOM’s opinion, seriously and prejudicially affect the interests of that individual.