Part 1: Public service television Information Section 18: Power to require information
This section inserts two new sections into the CA 2003.
	New section 338A gives OFCOM the power to issue information notices in relation to their functions under sections 198B to 198D, sections 263 to 294, Schedule 11, and certain provisions in Schedule 12 to the CA 2003. An information notice compels the party receiving the notice to provide OFCOM with the information specified in the notice, including where such information must first be obtained or generated by the party. An information notice may be served on a public service broadcaster other than the BBC or (where necessary) a third party, but only where proportionate. (This power complements the existing provision in respect of the BBC: section 198 of the CA 2003.) Subsection (8) of new section 338A clarifies that the power to require the provision of information includes the power to require the provision of information held outside of the United Kingdom.
	New section 338B provides that, where OFCOM determines that the recipient of an information notice has contravened section 338A, OFCOM may impose a financial penalty on the person. Such a penalty may include a daily element, but that element must not exceed £500 per day, and the overall penalty must not exceed £250,000.