[74A Access-related conditions in certain cases involving use of radio spectrum]
Communications Act 2003 (2003 c 21) | Legislation

[74A  Access-related conditions in certain cases involving use of radio spectrum]

[(1)     OFCOM may apply a condition falling within subsection (2) to a person who provides an electronic communications network (“the host network”) if it appears to OFCOM that—

(a)     in a particular local area within the United Kingdom (“the relevant area”), access by end-users to electronic communications services which depend on the use of wireless telegraphy is unavailable or severely restricted;

(b)     the unavailability or restriction results from the physical characteristics of the relevant area or from other characteristics of the relevant area that tend to make the bringing into operation of infrastructure uneconomic;

(c)     the provider of the host network has not made network access available on fair and reasonable

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