Paragraph 20BB Maintaining the continuity of the supply of telecommunications servicesF1

(1)

This paragraph applies for the purposes of a relevant order under paragraph 5, 10 or 11 of Schedule 7 (enforcement orders in cases relating to maintaining the continuity of the supply of telecommunications services etc) but not for any other purposes of this Part or Part 4 or any other enactment.

(2)

The order may make such provision as the person making the order considers to be appropriate in order to maintain in the United Kingdom the continuity of the supply of telecommunications services for the purposes specified in section 58(2EA).

(3)

Such provision may, in particular, include provision requiring a person to do, or not to do, particular things.

(4)

This paragraph is without prejudice to the operation of the other paragraphs of this Schedule in relation to the order.

(5)

In this paragraph “relevant order” means an order—

(a)

which is to be made following the giving of an intervention notice or special intervention notice which mentions the consideration specified in section 58(2EA); and

(b)

to which the consideration is still relevant.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 8 para. 20BB inserted (13.10.2026) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Specification of Additional Section 58 Consideration) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/1075), arts. 1(1), 3

Notes on Schedule 8

Modifications

C1: Sch. 8: power to make orders conferred (20.6.2003) by 1988 c. 48, s. 144(1A) (as substituted by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), ss. 278, 279, Sch. 25 para. 18(2)); S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 8)
C2: Sch. 8: power to make orders conferred (20.6.2003) by 1988 c. 48, s. 238(1A) (as substituted by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), ss. 278, 279, Sch. 25 para. 18(4)); S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 8)
C3: Sch. 8: power to make orders conferred (20.6.2003) by 1988 c. 48, Sch. 2A para. 17(1A) (as substituted by Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), ss. 278, 279, Sch. 25 para. 18(5)(a)); S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch. (with art. 8)
C4: Sch. 8 applied (with modifications) (20.6.2003) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1592, art. 15, Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a)(2) (as amended (29.12.2003) by S.I. 2003/3180, art. 2, Sch. para. 10(16))
C5: Sch. 8 applied (with modifications) (20.6.2003) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1592, art. 15, Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(a)(2) (as amended (29.12.2003) by S.I. 2003/3180, art. 2, Sch. para. 10(16) and as amended (23.6.2020) by The Enterprise Act 2002 (Specification of Additional Section 58 Consideration) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/627), arts. 1(1), 4(3))
C6: Schs. 7, 8: functions made exercisable concurrently (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), arts. 1(2), 15(2) (with arts. 16(5)(6), 17)
C7: Sch. 8 modified (1.1.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), ss. 51(2), 339(1); S.I. 2024/1226, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(2)