Schedule 12: OFCOM’s powers of entry, inspection and audit Chapter 5: Regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services: notices to deal with terrorism content and CSEA content Section 124: Matters relevant to a decision to give a notice under section 121(1)
This section sets out the circumstances under which OFCOM may issue a notice to a service provider, and the conditions that must be met before the power can be used.
	Subsection (1) states that OFCOM may only issue a notice, as set out in 121(1), when it is necessary and proportionate, and this section provides information to aid this decision making.
	Subsections (2) and (3a) sets out matters that OFCOM must take into account when deciding whether issuing a notice to use accredited technology or a notice to develop or source technology is necessary and proportionate.