3 General duties of OFCOM
Communications Act 2003 (2003 c 21) | Legislation

General duties in carrying out functions

3  General duties of OFCOM

(1)     It shall be the principal duty of OFCOM, in carrying out their functions—

(a)     to further the interests of citizens in relation to communications matters; and

(b)     to further the interests of consumers in relevant markets, where appropriate by promoting competition.

(2)     The things which, by virtue of subsection (1), OFCOM are required to secure in the carrying out of their functions include, in particular, each of the following—

(a)     the optimal use for wireless telegraphy of the electro-magnetic spectrum;

(b)     the availability throughout the United Kingdom of a wide range of electronic communications services;

(c)     the availability throughout the United Kingdom of a wide range of television and radio services which (taken as a whole) are both of high quality and calculated to appeal to a variety of tastes and interests;

(d)     the maintenance of a sufficient plurality of providers of different television and radio services;

(e)     the application, in the case of all television and radio services, of standards that provide adequate protection to members of the public from the inclusion of offensive and harmful material in such services;

(f)     the application, in

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