{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-communications-market-analysis-regulations-2003/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-communications-market-analysis-regulations-2003/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/330",
  "legislation_title": "The Electronic Communications (Market Analysis) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-communications-market-analysis-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Notifications for market identification etc.",
  "text": "(1) Proposals for identifying a market or making a market power determination shall be made by means of a notification published by the Director.\n(2) Notifications for the purposes of paragraph (1)—\n(a) may be given separately; or\n(b) may be contained in a single notification relating to both the identification of a market and the making of a market power determination.\n(3) A notification for the purposes of paragraph (1) must—\n(a) state that the Director is proposing to identify the market which is the subject of the proposal or to make that market power determination;\n(b) set out the effect of the proposal;\n(c) give his reasons for making the proposal; and\n(d) specify the period within which representations may be made to the Director about the proposals set out in his notification.\n(4) A notification which sets out proposals for the making of a market power determination may also set out the conditions that the Director is proposing to set by reference to that market power determination so as to bind the person whom the Director is proposing to determine as having significant market power in the identified market.\n(5) Where a notification published in accordance with paragraph (1) sets out the conditions that the Director is proposing to set, the notification must set out—\n(a) the effect of those conditions; and\n(b) the reasons for setting those conditions.\n(6) The period specified for the purpose of paragraph (3)(d) must be one of not less than one month, beginning with the day after the day on which the notification is published.\n(7) The publication of a notification under this regulation must be in such manner as appears to the Director to be appropriate for bringing it to the attention of the persons who, in the Director’s opinion, are likely to have an interest in, or be affected by, it.\n(8) Any proposed conditions which the Director sets out in a notification published under this regulation must comply with, and be necessary for satisfying requirements in, Article 16 of the Framework Directive, Articles 7 to 13 of the Access Directive and Articles 16 to 19 of the Universal Service Directive.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/330/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:32:08.455889+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."
}