Regulation 10 Determining contributionsI1

If the total amount to be collected is greater than zero, OFCOM must also determine the proportions in which particular communications providers, or a particular subset of them, must contribute to the fund.

OFCOM may divide the overall pool of contributors into different categories of contributors based on their characteristics.

If OFCOM have not divided the overall pool of contributors into different categories of contributors based on their characteristics, in determining the proportions in which particular contributors must contribute to the fund, OFCOM must determine that all contributors must contribute to the fund the percentage of the total amount to be collected which corresponds to that contributor’s specific turnover as a proportion of the sum of the specific turnover figures of all of the contributors.

If OFCOM have divided the overall pool of contributors into different categories of contributor based on their characteristics, in determining the proportions in which particular contributors must contribute to the fund, OFCOM must determine that all contributors must contribute to the fund a sum calculated by way of a formula specified by OFCOM which takes account of—