7 Duty to carry out impact assessments
Communications Act 2003 (2003 c 21) | Legislation

7  Duty to carry out impact assessments

(1)     This section applies where—

(a)     OFCOM are proposing to do anything for the purposes of, or in connection with, the carrying out of their functions; and

(b)     it appears to them that the proposal is important;

but this section does not apply if it appears to OFCOM that the urgency of the matter makes it impracticable or inappropriate for them to comply with the requirements of this section.

(2)     [Subject to subsection (2A),] a proposal is important for the purposes of this section only if its implementation would be likely to do one or more of the following—

(a)     to involve a major change in the activities carried on by OFCOM;

(b)     to have a significant impact on persons carrying on businesses in the markets for any of the services, facilities, apparatus or directories in relation to which OFCOM have functions; or

(c)     to have a significant impact on the general public in the United Kingdom or in a

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