86 Information required from communications providers
Digital Economy Act 2017 (2017 c 30) | Legislation

86  Information required from communications providers

(1)     The Communications Act 2003 is amended as follows.

(2)     After section 137 insert—

“137A Information required from communications providers

(1)     OFCOM may require a communications provider—

(a)     to publish any information held by the provider, or

(b)     to provide any such information to OFCOM for publication by OFCOM.

(2)     The information that OFCOM may require the communications provider to publish or provide under subsection (1) includes information that OFCOM require the provider to produce, generate or obtain for that purpose.

(3)     For that purpose OFCOM may, in particular, require the communications provider—

(a)     to collect or retain any information that the provider would not otherwise collect or retain,

(b)     to process, collate or analyse any information held by the provider, or

(c)     to answer any questions.

(4)     The power conferred by this section may be exercised only—

(a)     in connection with OFCOM's functions—

(i)     under Part 1, so far as relating to electronic communications, or

(ii)

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