SCHEDULE 1U.K.Amendments of primary legislation

PART 1U.K.Amendments of Communications Act 2003 coming into force on 21st December 2020

57.  In section 134B (networks and services matters) M1, in subsection (1)—U.K.

(a)after paragraph (f) insert—

(fa) the quality of service available on different UK networks, by reference to such parameters as OFCOM consider appropriate,;

(b)at the end of paragraph (h), omit “and”;

(c)at the end of paragraph (i), insert “ and ”;

(d)at the end insert—

(j)any proposals that providers of UK networks may at any time have to do any of the following within the next 3 years—

(i)to bring into operation a new very high capacity network, other than a mobile network, or

(ii)to extend or upgrade any part of a fixed line network or its equivalent, such as a fixed wireless access network, so as to provide a download speed of at least 100 megabits per second..

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 1 para. 57 in force at 21.12.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M1Section 134B was inserted by section 1(1) of the Digital Economy Act 2010 and amended by section 82(3) of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30).