36Enforcement notification for contravention of s. 33U.K.
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(1)This section applies where—
(a)a person (“the notified provider”) has been given a notification under section 35;
(b)OFCOM have allowed the notified provider an opportunity of making representations about the notified determination; and
(c)the period allowed for the making of the representations has expired.
(2)OFCOM may give the notified provider an enforcement notification if they are satisfied—
(a)that he has, in one or more of the respects notified, been in contravention of section 33; and
(b)that he has not, during the period allowed under section 35, provided OFCOM with all the information which he should have provided to them to remedy the contravention.
(3)An enforcement notification is a notification which imposes a requirement on the notified provider to take all such steps for providing OFCOM with that information as may be specified in the notification.
(4)A decision of OFCOM to give an enforcement notification to a person—
(a)must be notified to that person, together with the reasons for the decision, no later than a week after the day on which it is taken; and
(b)must fix a reasonable period for the taking of the steps required by the notification.
(5)It shall be the duty of a person to whom an enforcement notification has been given to comply with it.
(6)That duty shall be enforceable in civil proceedings by OFCOM—
(a)for an injunction;
(b)for specific performance of a statutory duty under section 45 of the Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36); or
(c)for any other appropriate remedy or relief.