{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/section-136",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/section-136.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/21",
  "legislation_title": "Communications Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003",
  "path": "section/136",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "136",
  "heading": "Information required for related purposes",
  "text": "(1) OFCOM may require—\n(a) a communications provider, or\n(b) a person who makes associated facilities available to others,\nto provide OFCOM with all such information as they consider necessary for the purpose of carrying out comparative overviews under section 134D .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) OFCOM may also require—\n(a) a communications provider, or\n(b) a person who makes associated facilities available to others,\nto provide them, for use for such statistical purposes as they think fit, with information relating to any electronic communications network, electronic communications service or associated facilities.\n(4) A person required to provide information under this section must provide it in such manner and within such reasonable period as may be specified by OFCOM.\n(5) The powers in this section are subject to the limitations in section 137.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 136(1) substituted (27.6.2017) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), ss. 83(3)(a), 118(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 136(2) omitted (27.6.2017) by virtue of Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), ss. 83(3)(b), 118(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 136 in force at 25.7.2003 for specified purposes by S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 136 in force at 29.12.2003 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(2) (with art. 11)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/136",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:16.154105+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}