{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/schedule-3A/paragraph-96",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/schedule-3A/paragraph-96.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/21",
  "legislation_title": "Communications Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/3A/paragraph/96",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "96",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where in any proceedings a tribunal exercises functions by virtue of regulations under paragraph 95(1), it may make such order as it thinks fit as to costs, or, in Scotland, expenses.\n(2) The matters a tribunal must have regard to in making such an order include in particular—\n(a) the extent to which any party is successful in the proceedings , and\n(b) any unreasonable refusal by a party to engage in alternative dispute resolution.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3A inserted (31.7.2017 for the purpose of making regulations under Sch. 3A para. 95, 22.11.2017 but only in relation to Sch. 3A para. 106, 28.12.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), s. 118(6), Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2017/765, reg. 2(ii)(jj); S.I. 2017/1136, reg. 2; S.I. 2017/1286, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3A para. 96(2) renumbered in part as Sch. 3A para. 96(2)(a) (7.11.2023) by Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure 2022 (c. 46), ss. 69(5)(a), 79(2); S.I. 2023/1022, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 3A para. 96(2)(b) and word inserted (7.11.2023) by Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure 2022 (c. 46), ss. 69(5)(b), 79(2); S.I. 2023/1022, reg. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/46",
      "affecting_title": "Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/schedule/3A/paragraph/96",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:16.154105+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}