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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electronic-communications-and-wireless-telegraphy-amendment-european-electronic-communications-code-and-eu-exit-regulations-2020/schedule-1/paragraph-58",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2020/9780348213089",
  "legislation_title": "The Electronic Communications and Wireless Telegraphy (Amendment) (European Electronic Communications Code and EU Exit) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electronic-communications-and-wireless-telegraphy-amendment-european-electronic-communications-code-and-eu-exit-regulations-2020",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/58",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "58",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 135 (information required for purposes of certain OFCOM functions) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (2), after paragraph (f) insert—\n“(g) a person who provides or has provided a number-independent interpersonal communications service and appears to OFCOM to have information relevant to their functions under section 14(1).”.\n(3) In subsection (3), after paragraph (f) insert—\n“(fa) ascertaining whether a commitment which is made binding by a commitments decision continues to be effective for the purpose for which it was made binding under section 93A(8);”.\n(4) After subsection (3A) insert—\n“(3B) In subsection (2)(g), “number-independent interpersonal communications service” means an interpersonal communications service, as defined by section 32A(2), other than—\n(a) a number-based interpersonal communications service; or\n(b) a service where the interpersonal and interactive communication is merely a minor ancillary feature that is intrinsically linked to another service.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 135 was amended by sections 1(2) and 16(2) of the Digital Economy Act 2010, by S.I. 2011/1210 and by sections 1(8), 82(4) and 85(2) and (3) of the Digital Economy Act 2017."
    }
  ],
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  },
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}