Amendments proposed to the Communications Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Andrew Lansley

681

Clause     378,     page     321,     line     22,     at end add 'and to any decision made by the Competition Appeal Tribunal as regards the application of the guidelines and the imposition of penalties, as OFCOM consider relevant.'.

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Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

309

Schedule     17,     page     465,     line     45,     at end insert—

'( )	In subsection (4), for "specified under subsection (3) shall include" there shall be substituted "must include provision for".'.

   

Mr John Whittingdale
Mr John Greenway
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Mark Hoban

123

Schedule     17,     page     472,     line     42,     at end insert—

'Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967

    36A   In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (departments and authorities subject to investigation), there shall be inserted (at the appropriate place in alphabetical order) the following entry—

"	Office of Communications".'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

672

Schedule     17,     page     480,     line     20,     after '2003' insert 'and, in the case of a direction to a provider of a public electronic communications network, notwithstanding that it relates to him in a capacity other than as the provider of such a network.'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

673

Schedule     17,     page     480,     line     22,     leave out 'services' and insert 'networks'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

674

Schedule     17,     page     480,     line     25,     leave out 'services' and insert 'networks'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

682

*Schedule     17,     page     481,     line     14,     at end insert—

'74A

In paragraph 18(2) of Schedule 2 to that Act (notices affixed to overhead apparatus), for "paragraph 24(4)(a)" there shall be substituted "paragraph 24(2A)(a)".'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

613

Schedule     17,     page     485,     line     9,     leave out 'section 322(3) of' and insert 'paragraph 18A of Schedule 12 to'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

614

Schedule     17,     page     485,     line     14,     at end insert—

'(d)   after paragraph (c) there shall be inserted—

"(d)	section 322(3) of the Communications Act 2003.".'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

615

Schedule     17,     page     486,     line     8,     leave out 'section 322(3) of' and insert 'paragraph 18A of Schedule 12 to'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

616

Schedule     17,     page     486,     line     13,     at end insert—

'(d)   after paragraph (c) there shall be inserted—

"(d)	section 322(3) of the Communications Act 2003.".'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

310

Schedule     17,     page     498,     line     18,     at end insert—

'( )   in subsection (2)(b), for "the issue or renewal of the licence" there shall be substituted "the issue of the licence or the making of the grant";'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

311

Schedule     17,     page     498,     line     20,     leave out 'and'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

312

Schedule     17,     page     498,     line     22,     at end insert 'and

( )   in subsection (5), at the end there shall be inserted "or any grant of recognised spectrum access made in accordance with regulations under section 3A".'.

   

Mr Andrew Lansley

305

Schedule     17,     page     498,     line     40,     at end insert—

    '(2A)   The provisions of subsection (2) shall not apply to charges in respect of grants of recognised spectrum access.'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

667

Schedule     17,     page     504,     line     15,     at end insert—

'()

After paragraph 14(3) (executive committees of OFCOM to include member or employee of OFCOM) there shall be inserted—

"(3A)

Sub-paragraph (3) has effect in the case of a committee of OFCOM which—

(a)   is not the Content Board, but

(b)   has functions that are confined to functions falling within section 12(2) of the Communications Act 2003 (functions within the Content Board's remit),

as if the reference in that sub-paragraph to a member of OFCOM included a reference to a member of the Content Board who is not a member of OFCOM."'.

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Mr John Whittingdale
Mr John Greenway
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Mark Hoban

652

Schedule     18,     page     506,     line     22,     after 'agreement', insert 'or licence granted under any enactment, deed or other legally enforceable arrangement ("the agreement")'.

   

Mr John Whittingdale
Mr John Greenway
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Mark Hoban

653

Schedule     18,     page     506,     line     24,     leave out 'provides'.

   

Mr John Whittingdale
Mr John Greenway
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Mark Hoban

654

Schedule     18,     page     506,     line     25,     after '(a)', insert 'provides'.

   

Mr John Whittingdale
Mr John Greenway
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Mark Hoban

655

Schedule     18,     page     506,     line     26,     after '(b)', insert 'provides'.

   

Mr John Whittingdale
Mr John Greenway
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Mark Hoban

656

Schedule     18,     page     506,     line     28,     at end insert 'or refers to any relevant licence.'.

   

Mr John Whittingdale
Mr John Greenway
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Mark Hoban

657

Schedule     18,     page     506,     line     41,     at end insert—

    '(3A)   Reference to any relevant licence in any agreement shall be construed as including references to any notification made pursuant to section 29 of this Act, any approval of OFCOM or activity which is otherwise authorised or permitted under this Act and accordingly the repeal of section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1984 shall not, of itself, have any effect on any such agreements, deeds or arrangements.'.

   

Mr John Whittingdale
Mr John Greenway
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Mark Hoban

685

*Schedule     18,     page     508,     line     9,     leave out from 'notice' to end of line 12.

   

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

273

Schedule     18,     page     508,     line     15,     leave out '17' and insert '16'.

   

Mr John Whittingdale
Mr John Greenway
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Mark Hoban

686

*Schedule     18,     page     508,     line     18,     leave out from beginning to 'may' in line 22.

   

Mr John Whittingdale
Mr John Greenway
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Mark Hoban

687

*Schedule     18,     page     508,     line     30,     at end insert 'but a condition referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(a) shall remain in force only in relation to the market identified under sub-paragraph (4)(b), and a condition referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(b) shall remain in force only in relation to the market identified under sub-paragraph (4)(a)'.

   

Mr John Whittingdale
Mr John Greenway
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Mark Hoban

688

*Schedule     18,     page     508,     line     39,     at end insert 'or they have determined not to apply any SMP conditions to that person by reference to that market'.

   

Mr John Whittingdale
Mr John Greenway
Mr Andrew Robathan
Mr Mark Hoban

689

*Schedule     18,     page     509,     line     4,     at end insert—

    '(10)   Immediately after the giving of a continuation notice by virtue of sub-paragraph (2)(b), OFCOM shall commence, and as expeditiously as reasonably practicable conclude, an analysis of the market referred to in sub-paragraph (4)(b), and shall determine whether or not to set SMP conditions under section 89 in relation to that market.'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

669

Schedule     18,     page     510,     line     1,     leave out 'requiring compliance by a' and insert 'of a licence under section 7 of the 1984 Act requiring compliance by the'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

670

Schedule     18,     page     513,     line     37,     after 'Act', insert '(except sections 184 and 185)'.

   

Mr Stephen Timms
Dr Kim Howells

671

Schedule     18,     page     513,     line     39,     at end insert—

'( )

Where OFCOM make a determination for resolving a dispute falling to be resolved in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)   their powers on making that determination are to be those which would have been exercisable by the Director under those regulations (instead of those under Chapter 3 of Part 2);

(b)   conditions of a licence under section 7 of the 1984 Act requiring compliance with directions given by the Director under regulation 6 of those regulations are to continue to have effect as if they also applied to directions given by OFCOM by virtue of paragraph (a); and

(c)   paragraph 9 of this Schedule has effect as if the reference in sub-paragraph (1)(d) to directions given by the Director under that regulation included a reference to directions given by OFCOM by virtue of paragraph (a) of this sub-paragraph.'.

Prepared 4 Feb 2003