Insert the following new Clause— “Review of Broadband Delivery UK
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Amendments 57
Committee stage — Lords 20
after “services” insert “and mobile network coverage”
after “obligation” insert “within reasonable timescales”
Insert the following new Clause— “Bill limits for mobile phone contracts
Insert the following new Clause— “National roaming
Insert the following new Clause— “General conditions: mobile switching
at end insert— require telecommunications service providers supplying a contract relating to a handheld mobile telephone to pay compensation to a user for failing to meet a specified standard or obligation;”.
at end insert— If the universal service order says that broadband connections and services must be provided to any extent, it must require the provision of a social tariff for broadband services which has the aim of preventing digital exclusion.”
Insert the following new Clause— “Separation of Openreach from BT
leave out lines 11 and 12 and insert— The universal service order shall say that broadband connections and services must be provided—
Insert the following new Clause— “SMEs: universal service broadband obligations
Insert the following new Clause— “Duties to progress universal service broadband obligation
Insert the following new Clause— “Universal service broadband obligation: fair and competitive market
leave out lines 11 and 12 and insert— The universal service order must specify that, by 2020, the following will be available in every household in the United Kingdom—
leave out “may” and insert “must”
after “obligation” insert “, permit the end-user to roam (at no extra charge) to other providers which do meet the specified standard or obligation, or deem the contract to have been terminated by a consistent breach”
Insert the following new Clause— “Broadband universal service obligation: rural areas
at end insert— Any excess costs associated with subsection (2B) shall not be paid by users of communication service providers.”
at end insert— “72B Universal service order: annual report
leave out lines 11 and 12 and insert— The universal service order shall say that broadband connections and services must be provided to any extent—
Report stage — Lords 20
at end insert— If the universal service order says that broadband connections and services must be provided to any extent, it must require the provision of a social tariff for broadband services which has the aim of preventing digital exclusion.”
leave out lines 4 and 5 and insert— The universal service order must specify that the target for broadband connections and services to be provided before 2020 must have—
leave out lines 4 and 5 and insert— The United Kingdom’s broadband network has a medium term objective of full fibre to the premises and gigabit levels of connectivity.
Insert the following new Clause— “Annual report to Parliament
Insert the following new Clause— “OFCOM power to impose caps upon wireless telegraphy licenses
Insert the following new Clause— “Bill limits for mobile phone contracts
leave out “may” and insert “must”
leave out “any person, or any”
at end insert— The Secretary of State may make regulations specifying, for the purposes of this Part, circumstances in which material is or is not to be regarded as made available on a commercial basis.
leave out subsection (2)
at end insert— Regulations under subsection (2A) may make different provision for different purposes.
leave out “this Part” and insert “— all of the functions of the age-verification regulator under this Part, or
leave out from “that” to end of line 9 and insert “— arrangements will be maintained by the age-verification regulator for appeals to which subsection (4A) applies, and
leave out subsection (1) and insert— Where the Secretary of State proposes to make a designation under section 17 , the Secretary of State must lay before both Houses of Parliament—
leave out subsection (3)
before “means” insert “(except in the expression “extreme pornographic material”)”
at end insert— a video work that the video works authority has determined not to be suitable for a classification certificate to be issued in respect of it, if—
leave out subsection (1) and insert— A person contravenes this subsection if the person makes pornographic material available on the internet to persons in the United Kingdom on a commercial basis other than in a way that secures that, at any given time, the material is not normally accessible by persons under the age of 18.”
at end insert— In designating two or more persons under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must specify that the same persons may not carry out functions under the sections specified in subsection (9), and the functions specified in subsection (10).
In paragraph (b), leave out “sufficiently”
3rd reading — Lords 17
Leave out Clause 10
leave out paragraph (b)
leave out “the House of Commons and the House of Lords” and insert “each House of Parliament”
leave out “a” and insert “any other”
at end insert— For the purposes of subsection (5)(b), a means of accessing the internet does not include a device or other equipment for doing so.”
leave out “the” and insert “a”
leave out line 21 and insert— ““video works authority” means a person designated under section 4(1) of the Video Recordings Act 1984;”
leave out subsections (3) to (5)
at end insert— such representatives of persons likely to be affected by the regulations as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate, and
leave out subsection (2) and insert— A statutory instrument containing regulations under section 112(1) or (5) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
at end insert— ““undertaking” includes anything that may be the subject of a transfer or service provision change, whether or not the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/246) apply.”
leave out “on, under or over other land” and insert “kept on, under or over other land in exercise of a right mentioned in paragraph 13(1),”
leave out from second “the” to “interferes” in line 45 and insert “apparatus”
leave out “of the land on which the tree is growing”
leave out “12” and insert “14”
leave out from “any” to end of line 27 and insert “application or order made under paragraph 6 of the existing code.”
leave out “switch” and insert “roam”