{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006/section-33",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006/section-33.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/36",
  "legislation_title": "Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-act-2006",
  "path": "section/33",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Failure to provide information etc",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if he fails to provide information in accordance with a requirement of OFCOM under section 32or 32A.\n(2) In proceedings against a person for an offence under subsection (1) it is a defence for the person to show—\n(a) that it was not reasonably practicable for him to comply with the requirement within the period specified by OFCOM; but\n(b) that he has taken all reasonable steps to provide the required information after the end of that period.\n(3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.\n(4) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) in pursuance of a requirement under section 32or 32A, he provides information that is false in any material particular; and\n(b) at the time he provides it, he knows it to be false or is reckless as to whether or not it is false.\n(5) A person who commits an offence under subsection (4) is liable on summary conviction to\n(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or to a fine, or to both.\n(6) Proceedings for an offence under this section may be brought in respect of a contravention by a person of a requirement imposed under section 32A only if OFCOM have not imposed a financial penalty under sections 32C and 32E in respect of that contravention.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 33(1) inserted (26.5.2011) by The Electronic Communications and Wireless Telegraphy Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1210), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(a) (with Sch. 3 para. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 33(3) substituted (26.5.2011) by The Electronic Communications and Wireless Telegraphy Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1210), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(b) (with Sch. 3 para. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 33(4)(a) inserted (26.5.2011) by The Electronic Communications and Wireless Telegraphy Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1210), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(c) (with Sch. 3 para. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 33(5) substituted (26.5.2011) by The Electronic Communications and Wireless Telegraphy Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1210), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(d) (with Sch. 3 para. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 33(6) inserted (26.5.2011) by The Electronic Communications and Wireless Telegraphy Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1210), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 11(e) (with Sch. 3 para. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/36/section/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:06.331080+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."
}