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Communications Bill | |
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EXPLANATORY NOTES | |
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department of Trade and Industry and | |
the Department for Culture, Media and Sport are published separately as Bill 6—EN. | |
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS | |
Secretary Tessa Jowell has made the following statement under section 19(1)(b) of the | |
Human Rights Act 1998: | |
I am unable (but only because of clause 309) to make a statement that, in my view, the | |
provisions of the Communications Bill are compatible with the Convention rights. | |
However, the Government nevertheless wishes the House to proceed with the Bill. | |
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Register of providers required to notify or to pay charges | |
40 Duty of OFCOM to keep publicly accessible register | |
Conditions of entitlement to provide network or service etc. | |
41 Power of OFCOM to set conditions | |
42 Persons to whom conditions may apply | |
43 Tests for setting or modifying conditions | |
44 Procedure for setting, modifying and revoking conditions | |
45 Directions and approvals for the purposes of a s. 41 condition | |
46 Delivery of copies of notifications etc. | |
General conditions: subject matter | |
47 Matters to which general conditions may relate | |
General conditions: customer interests | |
48 Conditions relating to customer interests | |
49 Approval of codes of practice for the purposes of s. 48 | |
50 Approval of dispute procedures for the purposes of s. 48 | |
51 Orders by OFCOM in the absence of conditions under s. 48 | |
General conditions: telephone numbers | |
52 The National Telephone Numbering Plan | |
53 Conditions to secure access to telephone numbers | |
54 Conditions about allocation and adoption of numbers | |
55 Telephone numbering conditions binding non-providers | |
56 Modification of documents referred to in numbering conditions | |
57 Withdrawal of telephone number allocations | |
58 Numbering reorganisations | |
59 General duty as to telephone numbering functions | |
General conditions: must-carry obligations | |
60 Must-carry obligations | |
Universal service conditions | |
61 Obligations to be secured by universal service conditions | |
62 Designation of universal service providers | |
63 Subject-matter of universal service conditions | |
64 Tariffs etc. for universal services | |
65 Directories and directory enquiry facilities | |
66 Review of compliance costs | |
67 Sharing of burden of universal service obligations | |
68 Report on sharing mechanism | |
Access-related conditions | |
69 Permitted subject-matter of access-related conditions | |
70 Specific types of access-related conditions | |
71 Conditional access systems and access to digital services | |
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141 Statement of policy on information gathering | |
142 Provision of information by OFCOM | |
Abolition of telecommunications licensing etc. | |
143 Repeal of provisions of Telecommunications Act 1984 | |
Local authority powers in relation to networks and services | |
144 Powers of local authorities in connection with networks | |
145 Grants by district councils in Northern Ireland | |
Interpretation of Chapter 1 | |
146 Interpretation of Chapter 1 | |
Chapter 2 | |
Spectrum use | |
General functions relating to spectrum use | |
147 General functions of OFCOM in relation to radio spectrum | |
148 United Kingdom Plan for Frequency Authorisation | |
149 Duties of OFCOM when carrying out spectrum functions | |
150 Advisory service in relation to interference | |
151 Directions with respect to the radio spectrum | |
152 Procedure for directions under s. 151 | |
Reservation of spectrum for multiplex use | |
153 Special duty in relation to television multiplexes | |
Recognised spectrum access | |
154 Grant of recognised spectrum access | |
155 Effect of grant of recognised spectrum access | |
156 Charges in respect of grants of recognised spectrum access | |
157 Conversion into and from wireless telegraphy licences | |
Crown use of the radio spectrum | |
158 Payments for use of radio spectrum by the Crown | |
Limitations and exemptions applied to spectrum use | |
159 Limitations on authorised spectrum use | |
160 Terms etc. of wireless telegraphy licences | |
161 Exemption from need for wireless telegraphy licence | |
Award and transfer of licences | |
162 Bidding for wireless telegraphy licences | |
163 Spectrum trading | |
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