Chapter 6Enforcement powers
In Part 7 – OFCOM's powers and duties in relation to regulated services
- Section 130Provisional notice of contravention
(1) OFCOM may give a notice under this section (a “provisional notice of contravention”) relating to a regulated service to the provider of the service if they consider…
- Section 131Requirements enforceable by OFCOM against providers of regulated services
(1) References in this Chapter to “enforceable requirements” are to— (a) the duties or requirements set out in the provisions of this Act specified in the table in…
- Section 132Confirmation decisions
(1) This section applies if— (a) OFCOM have given a provisional notice of contravention to a person in relation to a failure to comply with a duty or…
- Section 133Confirmation decisions: requirements to take steps
(1) A confirmation decision may require the person to whom it is given to take such steps as OFCOM consider appropriate (including steps relating to the use of…
- Section 134Confirmation decisions: risk assessments
(1) This section applies if— (a) OFCOM are satisfied that a provider of a Part 3 service has failed to comply with a risk assessment duty, (b) based…
- Section 135Confirmation decisions: children’s access assessments
(1) This section applies if OFCOM are satisfied that a provider of a Part 3 service has failed to comply with a duty set out in section 36…
- Section 136Confirmation decisions: proactive technology
(1) This section sets out what powers OFCOM have to include in a confirmation decision a requirement to take steps to use a kind, or one of the…
- Section 137Confirmation decisions: penalties
(1) A confirmation decision may require the person to whom it is given to do either or both of the following, depending on what was proposed in the…
- Section 138Confirmation decisions: offences
(1) A person to whom a confirmation decision is given commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, the person fails to comply with a requirement imposed by the…
- Section 139Penalty for failure to comply with confirmation decision
(1) This section applies if— (a) OFCOM have given a confirmation decision to a person, (b) the decision includes requirements of a kind described in section 133(1) (requirements…
- Section 140Penalty for failure to comply with notice under section 121(1)
(1) This section applies if— (a) OFCOM have given a notice under section 121(1) relating to a Part 3 service to the provider of that service (notices to…
- Section 141Non-payment of fee
(1) This section applies if— (a) the provider of a regulated service is liable to pay a fee to OFCOM under section 84 or Schedule 10 in respect…
- Section 142Information to be included in notices under sections 140 and 141
(1) Subsection (2) applies in relation to— (a) a notice under section 140(2) , and (b) a notice under section 141(2) stating that OFCOM propose to impose a…
- Section 143Amount of penalties etc
Schedule 13 contains provision about the amount of penalties that OFCOM may impose under this Chapter, and makes further provision about such penalties.
- Section 144Service restriction orders
(1) OFCOM may apply to the court for an order under this section (a “service restriction order”) in relation to a regulated service where they consider that— (a)…
- Section 145Interim service restriction orders
(1) OFCOM may apply to the court for an interim order under this section (an “interim service restriction order”) in relation to a regulated service where they consider…
- Section 146Access restriction orders
(1) OFCOM may apply to the court for an order under this section (an “access restriction order”) in relation to a regulated service where they consider that— (a)…
- Section 147Interim access restriction orders
(1) OFCOM may apply to the court for an interim order under this section (an “interim access restriction order”) in relation to a regulated service where they consider…
- Section 148Interaction with other action by OFCOM
(1) Where OFCOM apply for a business disruption order in respect of a failure by a provider of a regulated service to comply with an enforceable requirement, nothing…
- Section 149Publication by OFCOM of details of enforcement action
(1) Subsections (2) and (3) apply where OFCOM have given a person (and not withdrawn) any of the following— (a) a confirmation decision; (b) a penalty notice under…
- Section 150Publication by providers of details of enforcement action
(1) This section applies where— (a) OFCOM have given a person (and not withdrawn) any of the following— (i) a confirmation decision; (ii) a penalty notice under section…
- Section 151OFCOM’s guidance about enforcement action
(1) OFCOM must produce guidance for providers of regulated services about how OFCOM propose to exercise their functions under this Chapter. (2) The guidance must, in particular, give…
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Text as at 19 September 2026.
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