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The Digital Economy Act 2017 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2017

S.I. 2017/1286 · Made 14 December 2017

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Electronic Communications

Made 14th December 2017

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 118(6) and (7) of the Digital Economy Act 2017f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2017 c. 30.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 28th December 2017
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Digital Economy Act 2017 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2017.

2Provisions coming into force on 28th December 2017

The following provisions of the Digital Economy Act 2017 come into force on 28th December 2017—

(a)

section 4 (the electronic communications code) in so far as not already in force;

(b)

Schedule 1 (the electronic communications code), in so far as not already in force;

(c)

Schedule 2 (the electronic communications code: transitional provision);

(d)

Schedule 3 (electronic communications code: consequential amendments), in so far as not already in force.

Signature

Matthew Hancock

Minister of State

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

14th December 2017

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations commence provisions of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30) (“the 2017 Act”) relating to the electronic communications code insofar as those provisions are not already in force. They are the third commencement regulations made under the 2017 Act.

The Explanatory Notes to the 2017 Act provide an explanation of the reforms to the electronic communications code introduced by the 2017 Act and are available online (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/30/pdfs/ukpgaen_20170030_en.pdf ). A full impact assessment for the reforms is available from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport at 100 Parliament Street, London SW1A 2BQ. A copy may be obtained online (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/524895/ECC_Impact_Assessment.pdf).