Reading the bill’s publication files and writing a plain-English Green Book note…
Reading the bill’s publication files and writing a plain-English Green Book note…
Proposal 1859
A Bill To make provision about electronic communications infrastructure and services; to provide for restricting access to online pornography; to make provision about protection of intellectual property in connection with electronic communications; to make provision about data-sharing; to make provision about functions of OFCOM in relation to the BBC; to provide for determination by the BBC of age-related TV licence fee concessions; to make provision about the regulation of direct marketing; to make other provision about OFCOM and its functions; and for connected purposes.
Appraisal prepared just now from the official papers. Next scheduled update after the next sitting or within about 24 hours.
Sponsor: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Open publications on bills.parliament.ukPlain-English note and Green Book five-case reading from the official papers — the heart of this page.
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In plain English
Digital Economy Act 2017 Skip to navigation legislation.gov.uk https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk Cymraeg Home Explore our collections Research tools Help and guidance What's new About us Search Legislation Digital Economy Act 2017 You are here: UK Public General Acts 2017 c. PART 1 Access to digital services 1.
Disclosure of information by public authorities to the Statistics Board 80. Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (c.
Digital Economy Act 2017 Skip to navigation legislation.gov.uk https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk Cymraeg Home Explore our collections Research tools Help and guidance What's new About us Search Legislation Digital Economy Act 2017 You are here: UK Public General Acts 2017 c. PART 1 Access to digital services 1.
Same bill, simpler words — a deeper read without the jargon.
Imagine the country is making a new rule. This one is about: Digital Economy Act 2017 Skip to navigation legislation.gov.uk https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk Cymraeg Home Explore our collections Research tools Help and guidance What's new About us Search Legislation Digital Economy Act 2017 You are here: UK Public General Acts 2017 c. PART 1 Access to digital services 1.. The people who would notice most are: Disclosure of information by public authorities to the Statistics Board 80. Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (c.. If it became a real law, the everyday change would be: Digital Economy Act 2017 Skip to navigation legislation.gov.uk https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk Cymraeg Home Explore our collections Research tools Help and guidance What's new About us Search Legislation Digital Economy Act 2017 You are here: UK Public General Acts 2017 c. PART 1 Access to digital services 1..
Green Book 2026 · 5 Case Model
Digital Economy Act 2017 Skip to navigation legislation.gov.uk https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk Cymraeg Home Explore our collections Research tools Help and guidance What's new About us Search Legislation Digital Economy Act 2017 You are here: UK Public General Acts 2017 c. PART 1 Access to digital services 1.
It is currently at Royal Assent in the Unassigned, sponsored by Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Accountability · outcome beside Green Book evidence
Digital Economy Act 2017 became law. The official papers we read covered most of the Green Book five cases with concrete detail. That does not prove the outcome was “right” — it means the case on paper was relatively complete for accountability scrutiny.
Strategic: Digital Economy Act 2017 Skip to navigation legislation.gov.uk https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk Cymraeg Home Explore our collections Research tools Help and guidance What's new About us Search Legislation Digital Economy Act 2017 You are here: UK Public General Acts 2017 c. PART 1 Access to digital services 1.
Economic: Gap — The papers we read for this bill do not give a figure in pounds for what it would cost or save. That is not a yes or no on the bill.
Commercial: Disclosure of information to gas and electricity suppliers etc 37. Disclosure of information by gas and electricity suppliers etc 38.
Financial: The age-verification regulator: designation and funding 17.
Management: The age-verification regulator: designation and funding 17. Parliamentary procedure for designation of age-verification regulator 18.
This is an accountability reading, not a recommendation and not a score. It does not say whether Parliament should have passed or rejected the bill. It only sets the actual parliamentary outcome beside how complete the Green Book five-case evidence was in the official papers.
These UK Acts sit in a similar policy space and are already law. Pairing uses this proposal’s official papers (and the plain-English note themes). It is not a verdict that the proposal is redundant or unnecessary.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2007-10-27
Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Act 2007
Same policy area (“Digital / data”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2011-04-08
Digital Economy Act 2010
Same policy area (“Digital / data”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2025-12-03
Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2025
Same policy area (“Digital / data”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2024-09-19
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
Same policy area (“Digital / data”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2025-08-08
Data (Use and Access) Act 2025
Same policy area (“Digital / data”). Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.