[368B The appropriate regulatory authority]
Communications Act 2003 (2003 c 21) | Legislation

[368B  The appropriate regulatory authority]

[(A1)     OFCOM is the appropriate regulatory authority for all purposes of this Part in relation to the BBC (and, in relation to the BBC, OFCOM may not designate any other body to be the appropriate regulatory authority for any of those purposes).]

[(A2)     OFCOM is the appropriate regulatory authority for the purposes of sections 368HC, 368HJ and 368HK (and OFCOM may not designate any other body to be the appropriate regulatory authority for those purposes).]

[(1)     OFCOM may designate any body corporate to be, to the extent provided by the designation, the appropriate regulatory authority for the purposes of any provision of this Part, subject to [subsections (A1)[, (A2)] and (9)].

(2)     To the extent that no body is designated for a purpose, OFCOM is the appropriate regulatory authority for that purpose.

(3)     Where a body is designated for a purpose, OFCOM may act as the appropriate regulatory authority for that purpose concurrently with or in place of that body.

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