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Communications Act 2003

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Version Superseded: 26/10/2023

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Point in time view as at 01/10/2022. This version of this provision has been superseded. Help about Status

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Communications Act 2003, Section 24B is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 05 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. Help about Changes to Legislation

[F124BProvision of information to assist in formulation of policyU.K.

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(1)OFCOM may provide the Secretary of State with any information that they consider may assist the Secretary of State in the formulation of policy.

(2)Information with respect to a particular business that has been obtained in the exercise of a power conferred by—

(a)this Act,

(b)the 1990 Act,

(c)the 1996 Act,

(d)the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006, or

(e)Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011,

is not, so long as the business continues to be carried on, to be provided to the Secretary of State under this section without the consent of the person for the time being carrying on that business.

[F2(3)But subsection (2) does not prevent OFCOM providing the Secretary of State with any information that they consider may assist the Secretary of State in the formulation of policy in relation to the security of public electronic communications networks or public electronic communications services.]]

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