# Communications Act 2003, Section 105B: Duty to take specified security measures


(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that the provider of a public electronic communications network or a public electronic communications service must take specified measures or measures of a specified description.
(2) A measure or description of measure may be specified only if the Secretary of State considers that taking that measure or a measure of that description would be appropriate and proportionate for a purpose mentioned in section 105A(1).
(3) In this section “specified” means specified in the regulations.
(4) Nothing in this section or regulations under it affects the duty imposed by section 105A.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/105B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/section-105B
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