{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-premium-rate-services-order-2024/article-57",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-premium-rate-services-order-2024/article-57.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2024/1046",
  "legislation_title": "The Regulation of Premium Rate Services Order 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-premium-rate-services-order-2024",
  "path": "article/57",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Power of OFCOM to publish notice of investigation",
  "text": "(1) Where OFCOM decide to conduct a relevant investigation, they may publish on their website a notice which may, in particular—\n(a) state their decision to do so,\n(b) indicate which of those two cases mentioned in paragraph (4) the investigation falls under,\n(c) summarise the matter being investigated,\n(d) identify any PRS provider whose activities are being investigated as part of the investigation, and\n(e) specify the controlled PRS which is the subject-matter of the investigation.\n(2) Where OFCOM publish a notice under paragraph (1), they must also give a notification to each PRS provider whose activities are being investigated.\n(3) A notification under paragraph (2) must—\n(a) set out the matters referred to in paragraph (1)(a) to (e), and\n(b) specify whether OFCOM is imposing a requirement on the PRS provider to preserve evidence in accordance with article 58.\n(4) In this article, “relevant investigation” means an investigation to determine whether there are grounds—\n(a) for serving a notice in accordance with article 59, or\n(b) for giving a direction in accordance with article 62.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1046/article/57",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:25:33.733252+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."
}