Digital Economy Act 2017 (Version in vigour from 2025-04-24 to )

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Currency	No known outstanding effects
Coming into Force	24 April 2025
commencementStatus	Partially commenced

Contenidos

Digital Economy Act 2017
PART 1: Access to digital services

1: Universal service broadband obligations

2: General conditions: switching communications provider

3: Automatic compensation for failure to meet performance standards

PART 2: Digital infrastructure

Electronic communications code

4: The electronic communications code
5: Power to make transitional provision in connection with the code
6: Power to make consequential provision etc in connection with the code
7: Application of the code: protection of the environment

Dynamic spectrum access services

8: Regulation of dynamic spectrum access services

Other regulation of spectrum

9: Penalties for contravention of wireless telegraphy licences
10: Fixed penalties under Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006
11: Search warrants under Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006
12: Disposal of seized property under Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006
13: Time limits for prosecutions under Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006

PART 3: Online pornography

14: Internet pornography: requirement to prevent access by persons under 18

15: Meaning of “pornographic material”

16: The age-verification regulator: designation and funding

17: Parliamentary procedure for designation of age-verification regulator

18: Regulator's power to require information

19: Enforcement by regulator of sections 14 and 18

20: Financial penalties imposed by regulator

21: Notice by regulator to payment-services providers and ancillary service providers

22: Meaning of “extreme pornographic material”

23: Regulator's power to require internet service providers to block access to material

24: No power to give notice under section 23(1) where detrimental to national security etc

25: Guidance to be published by regulator

26: Exercise of functions by regulator

27: Guidance by Secretary of State to regulator

28: Requirements for notices given by regulator under this Part

29: Report on this Part

30: Interpretation and general provisions relating to this Part

PART 4: Intellectual Property

31: Lending of e-books by public libraries

32: Offences: infringing copyright and making available right

33: Registered designs: infringement: marking product with internet link

34: Copyright etc where broadcast retransmitted by cable

PART 5: Digital government

35: Disclosure of information to improve public service delivery

36: Disclosure of information to gas and electricity suppliers etc

37: Disclosure of information by gas and electricity suppliers etc

38: Disclosure of information to water and sewerage undertakers etc

39: Disclosure of information by water and sewerage undertakers etc

40: Further provisions about disclosures under any of sections 35 to 39

41: Confidentiality of personal information

42: Information disclosed by the Revenue and Customs

43: Code of practice

44: Regulations under this Chapter

45: Interpretation of this Chapter etc

46: Disclosure of information by civil registration officials

47: Consequential provision

48: Disclosure of information to reduce debt owed to the public sector

49: Further provisions about power in section 48

50: Confidentiality of personal information

51: Information disclosed by the Revenue and Customs

52: Code of practice

53: Duty to review operation of Chapter

54: Regulations under this Chapter

55: Interpretation of this Chapter

56: Disclosure of information to combat fraud against the public sector

57: Further provisions about power in section 56

58: Confidentiality of personal information

59: Information disclosed by the Revenue and Customs

60: Code of practice

61: Duty to review operation of Chapter

62: Regulations under this Chapter

63: Interpretation of this Chapter

64: Disclosure of information for research purposes

65: Provisions supplementary to section 64

66: Bar on further disclosure of personal information

67: Information disclosed by the Revenue and Customs

68: Information disclosed by the Welsh Revenue Authority

69: Information disclosed by Revenue Scotland

70: Code of practice

71: Accreditation for the purposes of this Chapter

72: Delegation of functions of the Statistics Board

73: Interpretation of this Chapter

74: Disclosure of non-identifying information by the Revenue and Customs

75: Disclosure of non-identifying information by the Welsh Revenue Authority

76: Disclosure of non-identifying information by Revenue Scotland

77: Disclosure of employer reference information by the Revenue and Customs

78: Disclosure of information by the Revenue and Customs to the Statistics Board

79: Disclosure of information by public authorities to the Statistics Board

80: Access to information by the Statistics Board
81: Disclosure by the Statistics Board to devolved administrations

PART 6: Miscellaneous

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