2005 No. 3469
The Communications Act 2003 (Maximum Penalty and Disclosure of Information) Order 2005
Made
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 123(4), 393(3)(i) and 393(4)(c) of the Communications Act 20031;
In accordance with sections 123(5) and 393(11) of that Act, a draft of this Order was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Communications Act 2003 (Maximum Penalty and Disclosure of Information) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 30 December 2005.
2
In this Order “the Act” means the Communications Act 2003.
Amendment of maximum penalty2
1
In section 123(2) of the Act (enforcement of conditions regulating premium rate services) for “£100,000” substitute “£250,000”.
2
Paragraph (1) does not apply to contraventions of conditions set under section 120 of the Act which occurred before the coming into force of this Order.
Specification as a relevant person3
The Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services is specified as a relevant person for the purposes of section 393(3) of the Act (general restriction on disclosure of information).
Specification as a relevant function4
The function of administering and enforcing a code approved by OFCOM under section 121 of the Act is specified as a relevant function for the purposes of section 393(4) of the Act.
(This note is not part of the Order)