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  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/11",
  "legislation_title": "Office of Communications Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/office-of-communications-act-2002",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Delegation of functions",
  "text": "(1) Anything that is authorised or required by or under any enactment to be done by OFCOM may be done on their behalf by—\n(a) any employee or member of OFCOM who has been authorised by OFCOM (whether generally or specially) for the purpose;\n(b) any committee established by OFCOM which has been so authorised.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (1) is subject to provision in rules made under section 51 of the Competition Act 1998 by virtue of paragraph 1A of Schedule 9 to that Act in respect of the exercise of a function under Part 1 of that Act.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 18 renumbered as Sch. 1 para. 18(1) (1.14.2014) by 2013 c. 24, s. 103(3), Sch. 15 para. 40(a); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(f), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 18(2) inserted (1.14.2014) by 2013 c. 24, s. 103(3), Sch. 15 para. 40(b); S.I. 2014/416, art. 2(1)(f), Sch."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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