PART 6Duties of providers of regulated services: fees
I1I284Duty to pay fees
1
OFCOM may require a provider of a regulated service to pay a fee in respect of a charging year which is a fee-paying year.
2
Where OFCOM require a provider of a regulated service to pay a fee in respect of a charging year, the fee is to be equal to the amount produced by a computation—
a
made by reference to—
i
the provider’s qualifying worldwide revenue for the qualifying period relating to that charging year, and
ii
any other factors that OFCOM consider appropriate, and
b
made in the manner that OFCOM consider appropriate.
3
For the purposes of this section and section 83—
a
the amount of a provider’s qualifying worldwide revenue for a qualifying period, or
b
the amount of a fee to be paid to OFCOM, or of an instalment of such a fee,
is, in the event of a disagreement between the provider and OFCOM, the amount determined by OFCOM.
4
When determining fees payable under this section, OFCOM must do so in accordance with a statement of principles as mentioned in section 88(1).
5
Where a person is the provider of a regulated service for part of a charging year only, OFCOM may refund all or part of a fee paid to OFCOM under this section by that provider in respect of that year.
6
In this section, “fee-paying year” has the same meaning as in section 83.