Financial implications of the Act
The financial costs and benefits of the Act have been set out in accompanying impact assessments. The following assessments have been made:
An overarching impact assessment;
Part 2: Access to Digital Services:
An impact assessment of the new electronic communications code;
An impact assessment of broadband planning;
An impact assessment of Dynamic Spectrum Access;
An impact assessment of Financial penalties for Breaches of Wireless Telegraphy Act Licence Conditions;
An impact assessment of Wireless Telegraphy Act enforcement;
Part 3: Online pornography:
An impact assessment of Age verification for online pornography;
Part 4: Intellectual Property:
An impact assessment of Webmarking: Constructive notice - products protected by registered designs;
An impact assessment of the repeal of section 73, Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988;
Part 5: Digital Government:
An impact assessment of Digital Government: public services;
An impact assessment of Digital Government: civil registration;
An impact assessment of Digital Government: disclose identified data for the purpose of taking action in connection with debt owed to a specified public authority;
An impact assessment of Digital Government: new powers for bodies to disclose identified data for the purpose of combating fraud against the public sector;
An impact assessment of Digital Government: power to allow public authorities to disclose de-identified data in controlled conditions for research in the public interest;
An impact assessment of Digital Government: new power to allow HMRC to disclose non-identifying data for a purpose in the public interest;
An impact assessment of Digital Government: new powers for access to identified data for the purposes of producing national and other official statistics and research;
Part 6: Miscellaneous
An impact assessment of Ofcom data transparency powers;
An impact assessment of Ofcom appeals;
An impact assessment of Protections from extremist radio content;
An impact assessment of Protections for digital terrestrial television viewers who access Internet-protocol television content;
An impact assessment of the prevention and restriction of communication devices for the purpose of drug dealing;
An impact assessment of Direct Marketing Code of Practice;
An impact assessment of Ofcom satellite filings.