PART 7OFCOM's powers and duties in relation to regulated services
CHAPTER 4Information
Information powers and information notices
I1I2I3102Information notices
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A notice given under section 100(1) or 101(1) is referred to in this Act as an information notice.
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An information notice may require information in any form (including in electronic form).
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An information notice must—
a
specify or describe the information to be provided,
b
specify why OFCOM require the information,
c
specify the form and manner in which it must be provided, and
d
contain information about the consequences of not complying with the notice.
4
An information notice must specify when the information must be provided (which may be on or by a specified date, within a specified period, or at specified intervals).
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An information notice requiring a person to take steps of a kind mentioned in section 100(3) must give the person at least seven days’ notice before the steps are required to be taken.
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An information notice may specify a place at which, and a person to whom, information is to be provided.
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A person to whom a document is produced in response to an information notice may—
a
take copies of, or extracts from, the document;
b
require the person producing the document, or a person who is or was an officer of that person, or (in the case of a partnership) a person who is or was a partner, to give an explanation of it.
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A person to whom an information notice is given has a duty—
a
to act in accordance with the requirements of the notice, and
b
to ensure that the information provided is accurate in all material respects.
9
OFCOM may cancel an information notice by notice to the person to whom it was given.
10
In this section—
“information” includes documents, and any reference to providing information includes a reference to producing a document;
“officer”, in relation to an entity, includes a director, a manager, an associate, a secretary or, where the affairs of the entity are managed by its members, a member.
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In relation to information recorded otherwise than in a legible form, references in this section to producing a document are to producing a copy of the information—
a
in a legible form, or
b
in a form from which it can readily be produced in a legible form.