This summary follows a consultation in which Ofcom proposed the principles that it would apply to fixing administrative charges and licence fees pursuant to the Communications Act 2003.
The consultation closed on 12 March 2003. Ofcom received fifty responses of which twenty five were confidential.
Ofcom will undertake another consultation in relation to the basis on which it should fix its administrative charges and licence fees for 2005/6 and subsequent years. Ofcom intends to begin this process in June 2004. Ofcom also intends to consult on a range of proposals taking account of, inter alia, the issues raised with it in the responses to the consultation document which necessarily had to be completed to enable Ofcom to issue a statement of charging principles by 1 April 2004 for this year.