Schedule 13: Penalties imposed by OFCOM under Chapter 6 of Part 7 Business disruption measures Section 144: Service restriction orders
The Act gives OFCOM the power to apply to the courts for "business disruption measures". Business disruption measures are court orders that require third parties to withdraw services or block access to non-compliant regulated services. They are designed to only be used for the most serious instances of user harm. There are two types of business disruption measures: "service restriction orders" and "access restriction orders". The details and grounds for both are covered in sections 144 to 148.
	Section 144 sets out the circumstances in which OFCOM may apply to the court for a "service restriction order". Service restriction orders are orders that require providers of "ancillary services" (persons providing, for example, payment or advertising services) to take steps aimed at disrupting the business or revenue of a non-compliant provider’s operations in the United Kingdom. For example, an order could require an advertising service to cease the provision of its service to a non-compliant provider’s service.