Communications Act 2003

[F1 93C Giving effect to commitments decision U.K.

(1) It is the duty of the dominant provider to comply with the commitments specified in a commitments decision during the period specified in the decision.

(2) As soon as practicable after making a commitments decision in a case where SMP services conditions have been applied or would have been applied to the dominant provider, OFCOM must review the appropriateness, having regard to the commitments decision, of the conditions that have been or would have been applied.

(3) In carrying out the review, the matters to which OFCOM are to have regard include—

(a) evidence regarding the fair and reasonable character of the commitments;

(b) whether the commitments involve obligations to all market participants;

(c) whether the commitments promote the timely availability of access under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory conditions, including access to very high capacity networks, before the launch of related retail services;

(d) the overall adequacy of the commitments to enable sustainable competition on downstream markets and to facilitate co-operative deployment and take-up of very high capacity networks in the interests of end-users.

(4) If, in the case of a commitment made binding as a result of section 93B(4), at least one person has entered into an agreement for co-investment with the dominant provider under the commitments decision, OFCOM must take steps to revoke or modify any SMP services conditions that they consider to be affected by the decision.

(5) Subsection (4) does not apply where, in OFCOM’s opinion, the characteristics of the services market to which the determination referred to in section 93A(1) relates are such that, despite the commitments to which effect is given by the commitments decision, the SMP services condition continues to be necessary in order to address significant competition problems.

F2 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(7) In this section “dominant provider” means the person who made the proposal to which the commitments decision relates.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 93A-93D and cross-heading inserted (21.12.2020) by The Electronic Communications and Wireless Telegraphy (Amendment) (European Electronic Communications Code and EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 44

F2 S. 93C(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Electronic Communications and Wireless Telegraphy (Amendment) (European Electronic Communications Code and EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1419), reg. 1(3)(a), Sch. 1 para. 77