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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-markets-competition-and-consumers-act-2024/schedule-29/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2024/13",
  "legislation_title": "Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/digital-markets-competition-and-consumers-act-2024",
  "path": "schedule/29/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "The Office of Communications (OFCOM)",
  "text": "(1) The Communications Act 2003 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 370 (functions of OFCOM under Part 4 of EA 2002), after subsection (12) insert—\n“(13) In making any decision, or otherwise taking action, for the purposes of any of its functions that, by virtue of this section, are functions exercisable concurrently with the CMA, OFCOM must have regard to the need for making a decision, or taking action, as soon as reasonably practicable.”\n(3) In section 371 (functions of OFCOM under CA 1998), after subsection (12) insert—\n“(13) In making any decision, or otherwise taking action, for the purposes of any of its functions that—\n(a) by virtue of this section, are functions exercisable concurrently with the CMA, and\n(b) are functions within Schedule 4A to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 by virtue of paragraph 5 of that Schedule,\nOFCOM must have regard to the need for making a decision, or taking action, as soon as reasonably practicable.”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 29 para. 7 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 339(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 29 para. 7 in force at 1.1.2025 for specified purposes by S.I. 2024/1226, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(21)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Sch. 29 para. 7 in force at 6.4.2025 for specified purposes by S.I. 2025/272, reg. 2(1)(13)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/13/schedule/29/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:35:09.592730+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."
}