OFCOM may prepare reports making recommendations about the exercise of the power under section 362BB(1).
Where—
the Secretary of State must request OFCOM to prepare a report making recommendations about exercising the power under section 362BB(1) in relation to that service or those services.
Where the Secretary of State makes a request under subsection (2), OFCOM must prepare such a report as soon as practicable.
A report under subsection (1) or (3) relating to the exercise of the power under section 362BB(1) must include OFCOM's assessment, in relation to each radio selection service in question, of—
Where OFCOM prepares a report under subsection (1) or (3), OFCOM must—
If the Secretary of State exercises the power under section 362BB(1) in a manner which differs from recommendations made in a report under this section, the Secretary of State must publish, no later than the time at which the regulations are made, a statement of the reasons for doing so.
OFCOM must draw up, and from time to time review and revise, a statement about the principles and methods to be followed by OFCOM when preparing reports under subsection (1) or (3).
OFCOM must publish the statement and any revised statement.