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The Electronic Communications and Wireless Telegraphy (Amendment) (European Electronic Communications Code and EU Exit) Regulations 2020

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56.  After section 134AB M1 insert—U.K.

134AC    Use of reports

(1) The Secretary of State must have regard to reports received from OFCOM under section 134A, or published by OFCOM under section 134AA, when exercising functions for any of the relevant purposes.

(2) The relevant purposes are—

(a)the allocation of public funds for the bringing into operation of electronic communications networks;

(b)the design of national broadband plans;

(c)verifying the availability of services to which universal service conditions apply.

(3) Any other public authority must have regard to reports published by OFCOM under section 134AA when exercising functions for either of the purposes specified in subsection (2)(a) and (b)..

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I1Sch. 1 para. 56 in force at 21.12.2020, see reg. 1(2)

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M1Section 134AB was inserted by section 82(2) of the Digital Economy Act 2017.

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