Digital Economy Bill (HL Bill 122)
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department for Communities and Local Government, are published separately as HL Bill 86—EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Digital Economy Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.
Contents
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Part 1
Access to digital services
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Part 2
Digital infrastructure
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Electronic communications code
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Dynamic spectrum access services
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Other regulation of spectrum
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Part 3
Online pornography
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16. Internet pornography: requirement to prevent access by persons under the
age of 18 -
19. Parliamentary procedure for designation of age-verification regulator
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20. Age-verification regulator’s power to require information
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23. Age-verification regulator’s power to give notice of contravention to
payment-services providers and ancillary service providers -
25. Age-verification regulator’s power to direct internet service providers to
block access to material -
26. No power to give notice under section 25(1) where detrimental to national
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30. Requirements for notices given by regulator under this Part
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31. Code of practice for commercial social media platform providers on online
abuse
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Part 4
Intellectual Property
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Part 5
Digital government
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Chapter 1
Public service delivery
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38. Disclosure of information to improve public service delivery
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39. Disclosure of information to gas and electricity suppliers etc
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40. Disclosure of information by gas and electricity suppliers etc
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41. Disclosure of information to water and sewerage undertakers etc
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42. Disclosure of information by water and sewerage undertakers etc
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43. Further provisions about disclosures under any of sections 38 to 42
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Chapter 2
Civil registration
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Chapter 3
Debt owed to the public sector
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Chapter 4
Fraud against the public sector
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Chapter 5
Sharing for research purposes
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Chapter 6
Disclsoure by revenue authorities
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Chapter 7
Statistics
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Part 6
Miscellaneous
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OFCOM: reports etc
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OFCOM: information
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Appeals
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Regulation and functions of BBC
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Provision of children's programmes
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OFCOM powers relating to criminal content etc
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On-demand programme services
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Public sector broadcasting prominence
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Direct marketing code
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Televising events of national interest
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Other provisions relating to OFCOM
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Internet filters
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Duty to provide information about tickets
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Offence of breaching limit on ticket sales
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Communication devices used for drug dealing
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Charges payable to the Information Commissioner
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Payment and securities settlement systems
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Qualifications in information technology
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Guarantee of pension liabilities under Telecommunications Act 1984
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Part 7
General